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Group Pizza and Photography Night

The final Beaver and Cub section meetings for the Scouting year were held on Tuesday 25th June at the Athenry Community Park. The Scout section hosted a home made pizza night for the other sections, allowing everyone to make pizza with the toppings of their choice.

Adult Service awards ranging from 2 to 10 years were presented. along with Gilwell Neckerhiefs to two Scouts who had recently completed their Woodbadge Training.

Photographs of the event are available.

The Scout, Venture and Rover Section will continue to Scout during the summer with annual camps to Austria, Norway/Sweden and Roverway respectively.

Scouts at Scout County Camp

Our scouts enjoyed a great weekend of camping at the Galway Scout County Camp, May Bank holiday weekend in Kilcornan. For many of the scouts this was their first Scout county camp with a big step in responsibilities which they met with aplomb. More photos to come.

Cubs Take Off

As part of their Air Adventure Skills Badge, the Cub Section visited Galway Flying Club on Sunday 21st February  May at 09:30. There were a few sleepy heads but everyone had a great time.

A really big thank you to the Galway Flying Club for all their help, wonderful explanations and patience. A full set a of photographs is available.

 

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Tent Restoration Project

Well done to all the Scouts and Scouters who have been helping out with the Icelandic II Tent Restoration project. Over 60 man hours of work has been undertaken and the first Icelandic II Tent has been restored. The restoration involved a lot of hard work by the Scouts and consisted of

  1. Pitch the tent
  2. Wash and scrub the tent both inside and out with Biological detergent to remove stains, kill the mildew etc.
  3. Leave the tent exposed to the elements in particular the rain for several days
  4. A second wash for the inside of the tent and stubborn external stains
  5. Replace all of the guy and brailing ropes. This involved
    1. cutting the old ropes
    2. cutting new lengths
    3. burning the ends
    4. rethread into the tent
    5. re-splicing the corner guys
    6. 60 ropes were replaced in this manner
  6. Damp down the canvas and water proof using a commercial water proofing product
  7. Allow to dry and pack up.

Now that the first tent has been restored, work will commence on the second tent.

Tent before Restoration

Tent before Restoration

Tent after Restoration

Tent after Restoration

A full set of photographs is available.