Berkshire Scouts

Photo of the Week

Each week a new photograph of Scouting in Berkshire is loaded on to the front page of the County Website.  The photograph is  selected from those submitted digitally to

photo@berkshirescouts.org.uk

One photograph will selected from these to be the Photo of the Year and will be used as the front cover of the Annual Review for Berkshire Scouts. Full details here.

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Archive for 2005-2006

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21 My 2006

Taking the challenge - one of the many teams of Scouts at the Mount Challenge weekend preparing their evening meal more  Photo Geoffrey Mitchell

 

14 May 2006

The Phoenix Project - Beavers from Riverbank and Lakeside Colonies 'cutting the first sod' for the new 1st Twyford Scout Group HQ. more  Photo 1st Twyford Scouts

7 May 2006

Adventure on the Ridgeway  -  Scouts from 3rd Newbury Scout Troop on their 36 kilometre hike from Goring to the Uffington White Horse with overnight camping stops at Compton and Wantage. more   Photo Patrol Leader Adam Osmond

30 April 2006

Adventure on the River Thames  -  Scouts from 6th Bracknell enjoy kayaking at Longridge Scout Boating Centre where they also  tried dragon boating and climbing.  Photo Paul Sinclair

23 April 2006

The start of the adventure -  a prospective Beaver Scout eyes up the adventure ahead at the 102nd Reading Muslim Scout Group Open Day - more Photo Phil Mitchell

16 April 2006

Success in Cooking - 3rd Upton Scouts were placed 2nd in the Regional (South & South West) Cooking Competition more Photo Shurdington Scouts

9 April 2006

3rd Newbury Scouts on top of the world at Beacon Hill, near Highclere, Newbury  Photo Danny Scroggins

2 April 2006

9th Bracknell Kingfisher Beavers exploring the strange properties of corn flour and water ar part of their Science Evening.  Photo Pauline Baker

26 March 2006

Slough Beaver Scouts on an adventure learning by doing about reducing, reusing and  recycling  - more   Photo Sarah Ainsworth

19 March 2006

An adventure out of this world - Cubs from 2nd Bracknell visited Youlbury for a weekend with an astronomical theme. more  Photo Nick Layt

12 March 2006

Top awards in Britwell - Congratulations to Nicholas, Mathew and Carl of 1st Britwell Scouts in Slough District photographed here after the presentation of their Chief Scout Gold Awards  more  Photo Mark Thornton

5 March 2006

Adventure on the Kitchen- The Winning Team from 3rd Upton Scouts in the County Cooking Competition  more  Photo Mark Thornton

26 February 2006

Adventure on the Ridgeway - 2nd Thatcham Scouts on a Mountain Bike Expedition on the Ridgeway. more  Photo Peter Swynford

19 February 2006

Adventure on stage - one of the many great items in the recent South and South-East Berkshire Districts Gang Show more Photo Bob Tunbridge

12 February 2006

The winning team from the 1st Britwell Scout Group of the Slough District Cub Scout Quiz more   Photo Lisa Kelly

5 February 2006

Adventure in Snowdonia - Explorer Scouts from Maidenhead, Reading Central and Wokingham Units sitting on top of the Cantilever, Glyder Fach (944 metres) during their January Winter Walking Expedition to Hafod Snowdonia. 

29 January 2006

Adventure in Egypt, Pete Jeffreys, a Cub Scout Leader with 73rd Reading took part in the first cultural exchange with the Scouts of the Arab Region. The picture shows the UK contingent with Scout Leaders from the region in Cairo. Read Pete's story here   


        

Photo Egypt Scouts

22 January 2006

Adventure with  Reading Explorer Scouts,  the Penguins,  on the mountains near Fort William in Scotland during their week long expedition over the New Year break.


        

Photo Penguin Explorers

15 January 2006

Magic – 1st Maidenhead Cub Scouts and Scouts spell it out in lights at Longridge.


        

Photo Friends of Longridge

8 January 2006

Great fun – but exhausting was the verdict from the 1st Ascot (All Saints) Cub Scouts after their Sno-Tubing adventure on the snow slopes at Bracknell. more


        

Photo Betty Scurry

1 January 2006

Guests and Scouts enjoy a thank-you meal cooked by the Leaders and served by the Patrol Leaders to say thank you to all those who have help Pinkneys Green Scouts in the last year.


        

Photo Simon Wheeler

 

25 December

Seasonal Greetings from Berkshire Scouts - the photograph was taken at Eurojam 2005 where young people from Slough and East Reading had a fabulous ten days of international scouting with 10,000 other young people from over 60 countries. more and more


        

Photo Geoffrey Mitchell

18 December

Escouts awards the 3rd Newbury Scout Group website their top Platinum award - one of only four websites to have received the top award.


        

Photo Danny Scroggins

11 December

Exploring the natural world -  2nd Thatcham Beaver Scouts on an adventure at the Natural History Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.


        

Photo Peter Frost

4 December

Having a Stonker - East Reading Explorer Scouts, pictured here on the beach,  were just one of the many groups of Berkshire Explorer Scouts and Scout Network at the recent Stonker Weekend in Weymouth.  - read  more


        

Photo Phil Mitchell

27 November

East Reading Explorer Scouts on the glass floor 100m up in the Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, just one of the points on their D of E expedition  - read  more

20 November

Prize winners in 'what I have made from junk' section at the Maidenhead District Beaver Scout Craft Day  more


        

Photo Dorothy Minors

13 November

Scouts from 4th Newbury finding their way on Dartmoor more


        

Photo 4th Newbury Scouts

30 October 2005

'Feathers McGraw' of the Reading Central District Explorers working on her Mountainous Activity Award at Baggy Point, North Devon 130 feet up after abseiling down.


        

Photo Ian Kirkham

 

23 October 2005

Young Leaders from Maidenhead Explorer Scouts on a weekend trip to Calais and Dover more

Photo Nicolette Smith

16 October 2005

Talking to the world - an Explorer Scout operating Taceham Hundred's Jamboree On The Air  Radio Station, GB5TH. more

Photo Peter Swynford

9 October 2005

The start of the adventure for some of the nineteen boys and girls who recently joined Cookham Scouts to double the size of the Scout Troop.  Cookham Scouts

Photo Cookham Scouts

2 October 2005

A reflective moment in the recent 9th Bracknell Falcon Cub Scout Camp at Lees Wood 

25 September

3rd Reading Scouts pause during their caving day as part of the Summer Expedition to Gower.  more

Photo Paul Young

18 September

Hungerford Scouts on their Wild Camp Expedition in Wales more

Photo Mark Croft

11 September

Pang Valley Scout Link Group in Kandersteg, Switzerland more

Photo Sue Clarkson

4 September 2005

Reading Central Explorer Scouts (The Penguins) off on an adventure in Snowdonia more

Photo Ian Kirkham

20 August 2005

Reading Central Explorer Scouts (The Penguins) having scaled Seniors Ridge on Glyder Fawr in Snowdonia more

Photo Ian Kirkham

13 August 2005

East Reading Explorer Scouts at the front of the 10,000 crowd for the Celebrate Europe Day at Eurojam.  View more pics from East Reading, Slough and our roving reporter.

 

24 July 2005

Cub Scouts from 73rd Reading (Park) Scout Group having a great time at the Wokingham Waterside Centre.

Photo Paul Chapman

17 July 2005

The Explorer Scout Team (Tom, Dan, James and Lucy from the Pegasus Unit in Kennet District who gained 2nd place out of 400 at the Malvern Challenge 2005.  - read more about it here

 

10 July 2005

Scouts from 1st Hungerford on their Wild Camp Weekend in the Black Mountains  - read their story of the weekend here

3 July 2005

Cub Scouts from 58th Reading cooking with a twist at the Reading Central District Cub Scout Camp.

10 July 2005