224 Manchester Scouts: March 2013

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Fund Raising for our Scout Group

Anthony (Scout Leader) will be attempting to complete the Welsh 3000's Challenge on 8th June 2013.

In order to complete the Welsh 3000's Challenge you are required to have been at the top of all 16 of the mountains over 3000 ft in North Wales within the space of 24 hours, without using any form of transport.

The length of the walk is just over 26 miles, but if you include the walk to the start point and down from the finish point it is over 30 miles in total. The route starts at the top of Snowdon and finishes three mountain ranges to the north later on Foel Fras. Around 13,200ft / 4023m of ascent is covered over the route. In order to make the most of daylight hours we will have to start our ascent of Snowdon at around 03:45am on the Saturday morning having travelled from Manchester the previous evening. The route is:

Snowdon Massif

Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa (1,085 m) Garnedd Ugain/Crib y Ddysgl (1,065 m) Crib Goch (923 m)

Glyderau

Elidir Fawr (924 m) Y Garn (947 m)Glyder Fawr (1,001 m) Castell y Gwynt (972m) Glyder Fach (994 m) Tryfan (918 m)

Carneddau

Pen yr Ole Wen (978 m) Carnedd Dafydd (1,044 m) Carnedd Llewelyn (1,064 m) Yr Elen (962 m) Foel Grach (976 m) Garnedd Uchaf (926 m) Foel-fras (942 m)

A just giving page has been created for on-line donations. (link to page) Alternatively sponsorship forms are available from any of the leadership team - this really is a tough mental and physical challenge, think of it as completing a marathon over 16 mountains in under 24 hours!

http://www.justgiving.com/Tony-Hanlon

All proceeds given to this link will go to Scouts UK, and i have requested that they be passed on to our group for use with future planned trips to the Yr Hafod (Wales) Activity Centre and for some much needed kit!

Please spread the word and encourage people to give generously!

Thank you very much for your support and kindness.

Anthony
224th Macedonia
Scout Leader

Dunham Park Scout Camp - Jan 2013

With a flurry of snow just before we set off, proved to be a proper winter camp.
A joint adventure with 7th St John's Scouts, good fun was had by all.

God was watching over us when we set off just in time to miss some awful driving weather, allowing us to arrive at camp just in time. Otherwise, we would have had to cancel as conditions ended up too bad to travel.

After a tour of the camp site and a short wide game, activities centred inside, with Action-twister being the most competitive along with a card school (no gambling!!)

After a wholesome breakfast it was outside to partake in some Archery and Rifle shooting. Daniel was a dab hand at the Archery! (must be all the cowboys and Indians he plays with Carl?).

Some outdoor Pioneering projects followed on the Saturday afternoon in preparation for a night 'Attack The Base'! Some excellent teamwork on the wig-wam base!