Tales from the past

Camp – first camp for the 24th
September 1933 at Severhills Clough, Merry Bent Farm, Soyland – 200 yards upstream of Clough Bridge.

Camp – second camp for the 24th
July 1934 at Soyland, presumably the same location as the first camp.

Elation & Disaster on the River Calder
An attempt to sail rafts from Sowerby Bridge to Goole, some 50 miles away down the river at Easter 1960.

Fire Drill!
On a cold snowy Yorkshire night.

If
Based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling.

Put it on the fire!
Scouts sometimes don’t use their common sense!

Sleep while you can!
A camp in the early 90s with Scouts who weren’t tired.

How to shut up a noisy Scout
Try it, it works!

Put the map the right way round
It does help!

If all else fails…
It’s good to have a backup plan.

Return to Previous Page

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *