Category Archives: Scouts

OS Locate app

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OS Locate app The Ordnance Survey has launched a new app called “OS Locate“. This is available for Android and iOS devices, so your Cub or Scout may like to use it to practice their map reading skills.

One idea is to download the app then work out the position of a few local landmarks and write down the grid references. After you’ve done that you can go to those locations and check the grid reference from the app and see if it matches your estimation of the correct grid reference.

It’s worth noting that this only works to 6 figures and some Scouts in particular may prefer to use 8 figure grid references. If this is the case, alternative apps with better resolutions are available from the Android and Apple stores online.

I’m an Android phone user and I can recommend “UK Grid Reference Widget” if you want more precision.

Remembrance Walk – The Routes

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Each of the sections took a different route to Pilgrim’s Cross where we held a “Scouts Own” Remembrance service. The three routes are shown below, together with links to a site where you can look at the routes taken in more detail.

Route Distance Total ascent Total descent
Beaver 3.91 miles 863 feet 837 feet
Cub 4.05 miles 1040 feet 927 feet
Scout 4.97 miles 907 feet 755 feet

Beaver route –  http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=gazmgiecmrszndtv

Cub route – http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=vssmrjykobciqbhk

Scout route – http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=nywvdrnjukthgjhr

 

Paracord bracelets and key rings for sale

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Sarah Bishop and Katie (Beaver) have been making paracord bracelets and key rings. Katie started making them for her Creative Challenge Badge and thought that selling them might be a good way to raise funds for the Scout Group.

Our bracelets typically have approximately 5 feet of para cord in them, so are handy to keep with you “just in case”. If the need arises, you could unravel the bracelet and use it for all sorts of things.

You may have noticed some of the more “dapper” leaders wearing them on pack nights. If you’re thinking to yourself, “How I can I look that good?”, then maybe a paracord bracelet is the answer. 😉 If a bracelet is out of the question, you might like one of the key rings instead. We have different colours available as shown in the gallery below.

Paracord bracelets are £3.00 each and key rings are £1.50 or £1.00 depending on size). There’ll be a pricelist on the wall in the Church hall from next Friday but feel free to download a copy if you want to put it up elsewhere.

To order, ask Richard (Bagheera) on a Friday night, send an email to richard@bish.co.uk or get in touch via the Facebook Group (search for “2nd Ramsbottom”). We’ll need to know your wrist size if you want a bracelet as well as your colour choice.