Thanks to all the parents who got back to us about camp – your feedback is appreciated.

Chevin conservation: 9.30am – 12.30pm Sunday 12th February

Thanks to everyone who's volunteered to take part in the Chevin day tomorrow – Liam, Kieran, George, Douggie, Oscar, Ben TW & Daniel H, plus assorted parents. I'll text final details to their parents. Because it's so wintry, we're just volunteering in the morning and will do another future session to make up the 6 hours voluntary effort that Scouts need to qualify for their Community Award.

If your Scout still fancies taking part, Chris Grain is meeting Scouts and parents at 9.30am at the Chevin Quarry car park (the one on the right as you go up the hill up East Chevin Road), finishing 12.30pm at the same place. Let us know if you're coming!

March fossil camp cancelled...

Unfortunately, not enough Scouts are able to afford the March Fossil camp to make it viable to run, so we have had to cancel the booking.

...so we're doing a ghostly night hike! 7.15pm Friday 24th February - £5

Now that the hut's got heating and – mmm – inside toilets, we can start using it a lot more. Spare Chris is hatching devilish plans for a ghostly night hike, ending up with a sleepover at the hut. We'll make sure that Scouts have something warm to come back to and bacon butties in the morning, with pick-up at 10am on the Saturday.

Cub Quiz Team Victorious!

2nd Otley romped to victory last week in the annual Cub Quiz event held at Curly Hill Campsite in Ilkley.

Competing against 7 other Cub Packs, 2nd Otley finished with an impressive score of 74 out of 100, 8 points better than their second placed rivals!

Congratulations go to the winning team of Samuel, Ingrid and Jonas.

The winning team are in discussions with producers of Mastermind as they continue their search to find a team capable of challenging our knowledgeable trio!

Dear all

My apologies if any of this information is slightly later than you'd want it to be – as many of you will be aware, Stu & I are expecting a baby in mid-June, so Scouts is being administered through a hormonal fuzz! We're planning a gradual handover of admin tasks to other leaders, so don't worry that there will be a sudden disruption to services in June – it's all under control.

Firstly, thanks to the Scouts and parents who helped out at the recent working weekend – the new extension is far closer to being useable. If your Scout took part and doesn't have their Community Challenge award yet, all their hard work counts towards it.

New Building

Just a quick reminder that we will be holding a working party in the new building this Saturday between 9am until 3pm. We'd be grateful for any help from parents, even if only for an hour or two. We have a number of jobs for the working party including glossing doors and wood work, constructing   storage shelves, laying insulation and boarding out the upstairs storage area. If any one has any of the following tools and equipment, we'd be grateful if they could be brought to the working party on Saturday:

Beaver had lots of fun over the Christmas holidays! He even met Father Christmas!!

Happy New Year to you all. I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year break. A quick note about Cubs for the start of 2012.

Cub Meetings

Cub meetings will resume this evening, Thursday 5th January, at the usual time of 6:45 until 8:15pm.

A few dates for your diaries in the run up to Christmas:

This week's Cub meeting

There is a Cub meeting tomorrow night. At the Scout hut starting at 6:45, finishing at 8:15.

Christmas Good Turn

The Cubs will be taking part in their annual good turn with a visit to Spring Garden's residential home on Monday 19th December. Please meet at the Scout hut for the usual time of 6:45pm. The Cubs will be walking to Spring Gardens so please ensure your child is suitably dressed and wearing hat and gloves. Cubs will need to be wearing their uniforms.

We will finish at the usual time of 8:15pm. Please arrange to collect your child from Spring Gardens which is at the following address:

Westbourne Grove, Otley, Leeds, LS21 3LJ  map

Just a quick reminder that there is no Cub meeting tomorrow night (Thursday 8th Dec) due to Group Camp this weekend. It should hopefully give everyone a bit more time to get ready for the weekend away.

Group Camp reminders

As a reminder, we're meeting at the Scout hut at 6:15pm on Friday. Cubs need to have their evening meal before they arrive. Make sure they have good strong footwear (I'd strongly suggest either walking boots or wellington boots) as it will be very wet under foot with all the rain we've had this week. We'll be going off paths so we're bound to encounter some particularly muddy spots.

Also, hats and gloves will be essential for this weekend given the recent fall in temperature. Please make sure your child has plenty of warm clothing on for the walk on Friday.

Any questions, please let me know.