May MadCamp Kit List(Suggested)

Your Son/Daughter will need to bring his/her own personal equipment (the following list is a guide) and if a Scout, they should be encouraged to find out from handbooks what is necessary and pack their own kit.

√	Complete Uniform	See Notes 1 and 3		√	Rucsac/Kit Bag(s)	See Note 2
⃝	Ground Sheet	See Note 4		√	Sleeping Bag	See Note 3
√	Pyjamas	See Note 3		√	Waterproof Outer Garment	See Note 3
√	Warm Sweater	See Note 3		√	T-shirt or Similar	See Note 3
√	Shorts/Trousers	See Note 3		√	Underclothes	See Note 3
√	Socks	See Note 3		√	Hike Boots/Strong Shoes	See Notes 3 and 4
√	Training Shoes	See Notes 3 and 4		⃝	Large Plate
⃝	Cereal Bowl	See Note 4		⃝	Cutlery
⃝	Mug	See Note 4		√	Personal Wash Kit	See Notes 3 and 4
√	Towel(s)	See Note 3		⃝	Swimming Trunks	See Note 3
⃝	Tea Towel(s)	See Note 3		⃝	Personal First Aid Kit
√	Torch and Batteries (with spare bulbs)	See Note 4		√	Hankies	See Note 3
√	Polythene Bags to Separate Clean/Dirty Items			√	Small Game(s)/Book(s)/Cuddly Friend	See Notes 3,4 & 5

General Notes

1. We would ask that your Son/Daughter travel to and from the Camp/Holiday in uniform.
2. Black bin bags are not suitable for bedding rolls as they tear very easily, with the result that the contents get lost or soiled in transit.
3. Please place wash proof name labels in all clothing, which should have your Sons/Daughters Name and Group.
4. Please label with either indelible ink and/or engraving as appropriate, with your Sons/Daughters Name and Group. (The old favourites of paper labels held on with sellotape, or nail varnish dots are not suitable. The paper labels wash off after the second or third meal, and it's amazing how many mums use the same shade of nail varnish).
5. No games or similar items (i.e. radio's or cassette players) which require batteries to run please.

Equipment Notes

Here is some basic information regarding some of the items you may require.

Sleeping Bags Synthetic filled bags are easier to clean than natural filling. Zips can be a source of cold if no baffle is fitted.

Footwear Boots give a better ankle support and normally have better soles than shoes if you are hiking.

Warm Wear A number of layers is warmer than one thick one and the warmth can be regulated more easily - do not forget your hands and head.

Torch Do not pack your torch with batteries fitted (or at the bottom of your kit) as it could easily get accidentally turned on and you will arrive at the camp/holiday with flat batteries.  

Badge Night

A fine spring evening tonight and a grand time to be outside in the fresh air. After finishing off some of the Fitness Challenge activities it was brisk game of Kick Ball. AFter that it was back to the Hall. While the hot dogs were cooking we played a few rounds of Statues.
After we ate and a completed a few more rounds of Statues, it was badge time.



All of our Cubs received their Navigators badge having completed those tasks in the past few weeks.

Most of them have also completed their Fitness Challenge. The good weather tonight let us achieve that outside. Two of the newer Cubs still have a few activities to complete before they can be awarded this one but they will have those completed in the next couple of weeks.




One of them even made the special effort of completing a badge at home and was awarded his Cycling badge.


It was also our last night for our 2 Sixers who both move up to Scouts.
Having now completed the Fitness Challenge they were both awarded their Chief Scouts Silver Award and their Moving On badges.

Code Readers

Had a quiet night in tonight.
We started with setting up the new sixes. Once the 2 oldest go up to scouts (tonight was their last night with us) we will have 10 in the pack so 2 sixes of 5 (if that makes sense).

We then had a little sit down and discussed the history of Lent, specifically as to how it applies to Pancake Tuesday.

Then it was a new game. 2 teams, 6 tennis balls, 4 chairs, 2 sponge balls. A cub kneels on the first chair and uses their tennis balls to try and knock the sponge ball off the other chair. They get to use their 3 balls and once they're done they replace the balls. First team to 5 wins.

After that it was off to the committee room for a spot of code breaking. We gave them a simple replacement code and had them decode a message.
Once they understood how it worked we talked about how codes can be used. We then had them encode a message. We then talked about how simple or hard a code would be. The then had to decode a message when they didn't know the cypher.

As it was pancake night we then broke for pancakes and juice.

We ended the night with badge awards. Most received their local knowledge badge. Most of the work for this was done as part of the Olympic camp, but additional tasks we done as part of Burns night.

Two new cubs were invested, along with Akela's burnt grass tradition.
In this tradition Akela takes a bunch of dried grass and lights it.

While it smoulders he has each cub being invested smell the burnt grass. He then tells them that what they smell is burnt grass and that every time from now on when they smell burnt grass they will remember their cub investure.

10 Pin Bowling

We had a great night bowling at the Garage in Kilmarnock.
With the leaders, we had 24 bowling which made a nice split of 4 teams.
With some excellent scores also.
After we all bowled our 10 frames we went into the adjoining Wimpy for a burger and some chips.
Fantastic fun for everyone.

Burns Night

We had our Burns Night tonight.
All the games were adjusted to commemorate the Bard.
We started out with the "Tam O'Shanter Terror race" which was a variation of Cub Tails followed by the "Gigantic Haggis Chase" which would normally be called Mice and Elephants tag.
We then had an alternative Burns supper. Not thinking the cubs would want haggis, neeps and tatties we had made up a sweeter version using chocolate rice krispies, vanilla ice cream and orange jelly. It went down quite well.
We then played "Escape from the Excise Man" This involves getting the team across a river to escape form the tax man, with only a single man boat and a length of rope.
We finished off with "Bucket Burns Ball"
Great night!

10 Pin Bowling Night

The Beavers and Cubs will be having  a 10 Pin Bowling Night on Tuesday 29th January. We have booked The Garage, Grange Street, Kilmarnock as the venue.

We would ask you to make your own way there and back.

Start time is 6:30pm and we should finish by 8.30pm.

Food and drink will be provided. There will be no charge.

If you have any transport problems, please contact:-
David (Cub Leader) 0753 030 7957
Dermot (Cub Leader) 0776 969 8225
Gillian (Beaver Leader) 0744 797 7738

New Year

Tonight was the first night back after new year and it started with 2 Beavers being welcomed into the Cub Pack.

In addition to the normal games we had a 'Thought Shower' where we had the Cubs suggest games and events for the coming session. There were some interesting ideas, some plausible, some adaptable  but I don't think we'll be bringing the pack to Spain any time soon.

We issued  a reminder to those Cubs that haven't returned their Christmas homework for the Fitness Badge that it has to be submitted soon or they won't get the badge.

Permission slips went home for our Bowling trip with the Beavers on 29 Jan. These need to be signed and returned by 22 Jan.