Palaver 2014 - Saturday

Today, we were up early ready for the many activities on offer. The 1^st activity we went to was Archery. It is always good to try new things and for many leaders, it certainly was a chance to try something new that they can now include in their cub programs.

From here, we went to making mini gardens. While it could be considered a crafty activity, it wasn’t so crafty to put Akela off doing it (For those who know Akela, this necessarily isn’t a bad thing!)

As with any scouting activity, there is plenty of food, so after refuelling at morning tea, it was off to knotting and learning a few more ways to get cubs to learn to do their knots.

It was then time to learn new games and a chance to exchange ideas on where to locate them, how to change them to suit themes and generally a chance to act like the big kids most leaders are.

Lunch, which was filling (Akela is starting to think she is going to need to do extra sessions at the gym at this rate!!!!). It was a good thing then that the 1^st session after lunch was geo-caching. EXERCISE! Walking around Woodhouse, after a huge lunch can never be a bad thing really for Akela….

Campfire preparation (or what makes them memorable) and fake wounds rounded out the afternoon.

Tea was dress up in a Halloween theme – only Akela didn’t! She claims she is scary enough as she is (but we know that’s NOT true! – she is a big softy really!!). A guest speaker on working with disabilities and a evening campfire, intermingled with  catch up chats and idea exchanging meant that it was relaxed night for all involved.