
Official account for Shipton Explorer Scout Unit Sandbach, SW Cheshire, UK. Part of @CheshireScouts. Email: [email protected]
Sandbach, England
Joined November 2018
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Happy New Year! ๐
We kicked off our new term last night with Junkyard Golf โณ.
Using recyclable materials from home, Explorers created crazy golf courses! They then played the course in teams.
Last week, in preparation for uni life / independent living, Explorers prepared a 'meal for a fiver'.
Given a recipe card, teams had to go to the local supermarket armed with ยฃ5 to buy ingredients to cook a dish using a variety of means.
#SkillsForLife
Sandbach was full this morning, as we paraded towards the war memorial in town and laid a wreath to commemorate the fallen.
Important that we joined forces with 39th Sandbach Beavers, Cubs and Scouts too.
#RemembranceSunday โ at Sandbach, England
#ShiptonDofE over & out ๐ฅพ๐๐ฅ โ at Macclesfield, England
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Silver DofE expedition team takeover on Instagram right now! ๐ฑ follow @shiptonesu
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Some morning views from Gradbach, where the team started from this morning, and Wildboarclough, where they visited as part of the route #ShiptonESU
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The sun went down at @Gradbachscouts campsite tonight. #ShiptonDofE Explorers exhausted but proud. Another full day tomorrow awaits! ๐๐ฅพ๐
Blasting through the checkpoints at pace this morning ๐๐ช #ShiptonDofE๐ฅ
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โ๏ธ morrrrniiiiinng! #ShiptonDofE
First full day of walking begins for these intrepid Silver Explorers! โ at Buxton, England
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Good evening from Derbyshire where some of our senior Explorers are on a Silver Practise @DofECheshireSco expedition. Challenge no. 1: "where are we?..." #ShiptonDofE ๐ฅพ๐ โ at Buxton, England
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With the launch of the @PoppyLegion yesterday, we began work on creating paracord poppy wreaths to lay at the Sandbach War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday๐
Explorers were also route planning for a #ShiptonDofE Silver expedition ๐ฅพ
And YouShape teams met to plan for next term ๐ซ
SAS Commando!
Task: Solve riddles across the campsite.
Mission: Rescue the President.
Reality: DRAG the President across the wood pile...๐ง๐
All fun though in a *very* wide game last night.
Last night, we were under the glow of the Northern Lights! #nofilter
We braced the cold and dark for an Incident Hike, with fun teamwork challenges set up along the route ๐๐ โ at Haslington, England
Some photos of Shipton teams at base camp @CheshireHike. Day 2 coming to an end today, with some very weary travellers! ๐ฅพ ๐
One of our Explorer teams out and about today, competing in the famous @CheshireHike. Good luck team! ๐. And hiyyaaa Malcolm ๐
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And another Shipton team competing today in Cheshire Hike. Some day for it - good luck lads ๐ @CheshireHike
Last night, we acknowledged the first day of the Hindu Festival of Navratri, dedicated to the vibrant Maa Shailputri with the amazing @RiRisDanceAcad.
We celebrated with bollywood/bhangra dance styles dance ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐บ๐ and a feast of curry tasting made by a local chef afterwards ๐
A big thank you to our 'Question Time' panel this evening: Andrew Cooper MP @GoAndrCoop, Sarah Russell MP @S_A_Russell, and Cllr Nicola Cook from @CheshireEast.
And to our Explorer Scouts for such insightful questions and thoughtful debate! ๐ โ at Sandbach, England
We're back!
We kick off the 2024/25 season with a record 44 Explorer Scouts.
An exciting programme, lots of camps, awards & opportunities lie ahead, leading us all the way to an international summer camp next August.
Let's gooooooo! ๐ฅณ๐ฅ๐ซ
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