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• St George's Day

  1st May 2011

  Lord Baden-Powell chose St. George to be The Patron Saint of The Scout Association as he felt that he set a good example of faith, courage and perseverance. So, on the nearest Sunday to St. George's day (23rd April), Scouts all over the world gather to reaffirm their Promise and...

• Pioneering Camp

  27th March 2011

  Pioneering is the art of using ropes and wooden spars to create a structure. Over the past few years we have constructed an aerial runway, a go-kart and a sky-saw. This year, we started our camp with a trip to Pirate’s Cove, Bluewater where we had a round of Adventure Golf and...

• UFO's Over Crockenhill?

  18th February 2011

  Strange lights seen from Crockenhill. Strange lights were seen on the fields to the east of Crockenhill on Friday night. Fortunately, instead of "little green men", this time it was the Cub Scouts on a night hike. For some it was their first hike, so being at night made it that extra...

• Freezer Hike & Camp

  6th February 2011

  After the Centenary Camp of last October, the Scouts had their first camp of the New Year this weekend, and it wasn’t as much freezing as it was windy.  After pitching our tents, we gathered around the campfire for hot-dogs and a sing-a-long. Emerging after a very...

• Rudolf Catches Flue!

  18th December 2010

  Rudolf must have been flying around too many windy chimneys in preparation for his busiest night of the year, as he came down with "flue" last week. This unfortunately led to the Scout Group having to cancel the Sleigh Pull around the village for the first time.  As ever, it was for...

• Group Christmas Party

  16th December 2010

  After a year full of fun and adventure, the Scout Group "relaxes" at their Christmas party. After a year filled with music, go-karting, scarecrows, canoeing, castles, sport, sleepovers, scavenger hunts, a District camp, a joint camp, a village fayre, rafting, astronomy,...

• Christmas Bag Packing

  21st November 2010

  Scouts from all over Swanley meet for their major Christmas fund raising event. Once again, the ASDA Supermarket in Swanley kindly agreed to host our annual Christmas fund raising event known as Bag Packing.  This resulted in dozens of Cub Scouts, Scouts and Explorer Scouts from...

• 2010 Commonwealth Games

  11th November 2010

  The former Crockenhill Primary School pupil Grace Clements came and shared her experiences of India anf the Commonwealth Games with the Beaver Scouts this week.  For those who don't yet know, Grace competed in the heptathlon at this year's Commonwealth Games in India, and won the...

• Centenary Camp

  31st October 2010

  Our Scout Group is 100 years old this year.  So, to celebrate, we had a weekend activity camp at Wilberforce Scout Centre.    On the Saturday morning we had some inside activities,  whilst the outdoor ones were being set up.  Some of Scouts...

• Scouts’ Outdoor Skills Day

  16th October 2010

  Scouts from 1st Crockenhill & 6th Swanley brave the weather to learn key outdoor skills. Fifteen Scouts and linking Cub Scouts from two Groups had fun learning outdoor skills on a joint event run at the District camp site. As Scouts spend a lot of time camping, it is important...