1st North Sutton Scout Group

Tigris Service Crew

The Tigris Service Crew is a group of adults who support 1st North Sutton scout group and the district as and when required. It is made up from leaders, parents and friends of the group. Tigris also meet most months and arranges activities for it's members.

Looking Ahead

Plans for Tigris Activities for the rest of this year:-

Family Camp      19 – 23 June Walton Firs

Group AGM       4th July 17:30 Benhilton Gardens AGM then party

Crew Meal          Poss. for August if you want it let me know soon so we can book somewhere and plan something

Hog & Homebrew              Our place for the annual. 12th September (provisional)

Quad bikes and hill walking              October ??? this one has gone quiet

Christmas camp      December  Possibly

Other ideas     Our summer trip to the rocks was popular last year

                        Real ale train, needs booking in advance as it sells out

                        Monthly Maintinance Meets (do you think 3M would mind if we nicked their logo) we just need to choose days and times 1st Saturday of the month Ok with people. Obviously it won't work every month but worth a try.

                       Crew AGM possibly same time as crew meal.

Carl 07887 533 566 carl.grigg@blueyonder.co.uk

Looking Back

    WE NEED MORE UP TO DATE PICTURES FOR THIS AREA SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING

Sunday 14th May 2006 Off Roading

90 downhill
We took over a large field for the weekend and just had fun in the mud. Shortly after starting Carl managed to sink his Range Rover to the axels and nothing short of building a road underneath it was going to get it free, so that is what we did. Now you all know that I (Carl) like to be creative and having both my cars there it was a perfect opoutunity to try out an idea that had been in my mind and I would like to thank all there that helped me. Click here to see just how daft we can be.
Whilst the main event was the off roading some parents used the safe environment to give their children a driving experience and the Moke was ideal for this leading to huge smiles on small faces. Also many adults could not resist taking it for a spin and now everybody wants one except Andrew who could have done with something slightly larger to say the least.
Moke pic
5th - 7th May 2006 District Cub Camp Catering
Our job was: Basic camp menu for 100 kids and all the leaders, with extra numbers being added late on this became closer to 200 but being Tigris we handled it with style. Why is it the harder we have to work the more we seem to laugh. I have been promiced some photos and you will see them shortly after I do.

Chipping Sodbury Beer Festival

Whats better than a beer festival ? How about a beer festival with camping. Tigris this year discovered a lovely little festival in Chipping Sodbury with free onsite camping. Naturally we had to check it out so a brave party of volunteers ventured forth.

What we found was a very big tent and for once we did not have to put it up, Along one wall of this tent was a bar no a bar is too small a word for such a smorgesboard of beers to delight the heart and pallet. A sea of casks streching much to far for one days drinking. So we just might have to go back.

Waterfall Walk

Feubuary saw a brave group of Tigris members and friends ventureing far west into Wales for a dirty weekend. Well cold wet and muddy anyway.

The weather was changeable to say the least we had the lot from Bright sunshine through drizzle to torrential rain, thick for and heavy snow. It was Wales after all.

The accomadation was all it needed to be, clean and warm. Also as most people have more sence we had the place to ourselves.

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We traveled down on the Friday night stayed up a bit too late chatting Had the main walk on the Saturday then on Sunday did a couple more waterfalls then we visited the largest showcave complex in Europe and attempted / failed to visit Castle Goch, a real fairy tale style castle complete with pointed roofs on tall towers poking above the trees. Being winter it closed early and we missed it.

Being Tigris there was a pub involved and the welcome was very warm and friendly even lunchtime when we where more mud than skin.

We returned that evening all washed and polished for some good Welsh home cooking and of course some marvelous Welsh ale.

The explorer unit may be visiting the area next February so if you missed this trip or want to do it again we will need adult support.

The weekend went very well in fact I think I only got one complaint and that was when somebody slipped and broke a fingernail I leave you to guess who it was.

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