1st Harwell (St. Matthew's) Scout Group

Beavers Singing with Santa

George Laing — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:45:55 +0000

Explorers in Holland

George Laing — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:16:19 +0000

Members of 1st Harwell Explorer Scout Unit travelled to The Netherlands where they went to the Dutch National Jamboree near Eindhoven and then spent 4 days cycling across the country.

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Snow hits Cub Camp!

George Laing — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:17:57 +0000

Centenary Summer Camp

George Laing — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:46:00 +0000

Almost 130 members and their families from 1st Harwell (St Matthews) Scout Group went to Brownsea Island on Saturday 11th August.

This day trip was part of the 10 day camp which saw members from all the five sections from 1st Harwell.

The Camp was at Buddens Farm campsite, near Wareham in Dorset.

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Explorers Cycle their way to Camp

George Laing — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:51:07 +0000

7 members of 1st Harwell Explorer Unit decided to do something different for the Expedition element of their Duke of Edinburgh award.

They cycled from Harwell Village, Oxfordshire all the way down to the Group Scout Camp at Buddens Farm near Wareham, Dorset.

Scouting Sunrise in Harwell

George Laing — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:51:47 +0000

On Wednesday 1st August 2007, at the same time as Scouts all over the world renewed their promise to mark the start of the second centenary of Scouting, 1st Harwell Scout Group attended a special ceremony and breakfast at St Matthew’s Church in Harwell Village.

Ho-Ho comes to Oxfordshire

George Laing — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:55:15 +0000

Thirty-six Dutch Scouts and their four Leaders arrived at Youlbury Scout Activity Centre on 23rd July as part of the 21st World Scout Jamboree experience.

The group, called Koolmezen, had signed up to the Home Hospitality scheme offered by the UK Scout Association which gives the Jamboree Units a chance to spend some time with British Scouts.

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Explorers Up all Night at Gilwell

George Laing — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:52:05 +0000

Gilwell 24 at Gilwell Park

May Centenary Camp

George Laing — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:48:43 +0000

All across the country as part of the national ‘Scouting 2007′ programme Scouts went camping over the weekend of 25th May.

In Harwell, we decided to do a whole group camp at on the Village Recreation Ground.

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Centenary Tree Planting

George Laing — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:53:16 +0000

On Sunday 29th April…….