22 May 2004

For our last meeting of the year we met at Laxey Beach for games, food and water fights! We also said goodbye to our year 6 cubs that will hopefully move on to Scouts in September.

King Orry pack arrived en-mass again at Dhoon Glen campsite for two days of Piracy and fun. Our theme was Pirates (obviously!) and we had 3 pirate ‘ships’ participate: The Jolly Rogers, the Buccaneers and the Gruesome Girls. After setting up our ships accommodation on the Thursday pack meeting (3 tents), we all came back on Friday for some games and an exploration of Dhoon Glen with a campfire barbeque and songs on the beach to finish the evening. On Saturday morning after kit inspection we caught a tram to Ballaglass Glen and met up with our Assistant Island Commissioner for Scouts (a.k.a. Big Chief Skip Sir) and Nick Kinrade for a morning or orienteering around the Glen. Everyone enjoyed themselves and sung to everyone as we waited for the trams! After lunch we invested 3 new pack members, all girls, into the newly created Green Six. As tents were wet we played games in the bracken until it was time to go home.

Leaders: Akela & Chil. Cubs: Alex Q, Alex B, Austen M, George B, Paul R, Kai M, William B, Jodi G, Louisa B & Annie M.

We arrived at Crossags on Friday evening and met with the Vikings pack and all the other island packs. On arrival the leaders were dismayed to find that the marque which they had put up the previous evening had fallen over and a new one was needed. On Friday evening the Cubs did a quiz and got settled in.

Saturday started early for most of the Cubs with the annual football at 3am. When the leaders got up it was breakfast and then tent inspection, which we didn't do too well with. The main part of the day consisted of a series of five bases, including kayaking and a blind fold trail. The Cubs went round these bases in small groups of mixed up packs. After tea, they made sedan chairs before singing around the camp fire. The cubs went to bed slightly earlier than the previous night - luckily for the leaders.

On Sunday, after a better but awfully slow tent inspection, we watched a puppet show for Cub's Own before the infamous Water Slide (which Stuart and Nick from the other Pack also went on - or should I say were pushed down). After this the tents were taken down and the Cubs took part in a 'wide game'.

The Island Cub Scout Challenge Competition took place on Saturday 22nd May at 1st Douglas Scout HQ. This consisted of a series of challenges manned by leaders.

Our team consisted of Edward K, Joseph C, Jodi G, Cai I & Jack B and we managed to win the Model Making Competition.

Night at the Railway (13 May)

As part of the 150th Anniversary of the Laxey Wheel, the Mines Railway has been reinstalled from the old washing floors to the mine entrance opposite the fire station at Glen Moar. Most of the track was laid last year but had become overgrown so on Thursday night we along with Vikings Pack met to clear back the weeds and bushes so the trains can run. There was a decent turn out of both parents and Cubs and the Cubs managed 'to do their bit to help' as well as see the train actually run!

In the summer term 2004 we have worked on our Road Safety Badge.  This together with the 2004 Island Camp and King Orry Camps have enabled lots more cubs to earn their Outdoor Challenge Badge, Nights Away Badges (1 & 2) and Campers Badge.