Scouting Notes

The App is not an official Scouting App.

It is aimed as a teaching aid for Patrol Leaders and senior Scouts, and as reminders for leaders within the Scouting section.

It is produced by Mike, an ASL and Adam an Explorer and Young Leader assisting with Cubs section.

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The aim is provide tested notes, activities and reminders covering:

CAMPING AND HIKING
Includes a
- Basic bivi
- Ideas for camp storage,
- The countryside code,
- Day hike bag,
- Distress calls,
- Personal first aid kits
- Milk bottle lights
- A basic wet pit.
- Where to pitch

CAMP FIRE SONGS
Words only,
- Alice the Camel
- Bungalow
- Hello, My Name's Joe
- Never Get to Heaven
- The Grand Old Duke of York
- The Johnson Boys
- There was a bird, with a yellow bill
- Zombie came to tea

COOKING
Not an extensive list, but all work and are possible for Scouts to cook (and have been cooked by Scouts).
single burner, open fire and themed
Snacks and simple meals. Including the items below:
- Bread twists
- Egg in orange
- flat bread
- Mince in Pitta
- Noodles/Pasta and Hotdogs
- Lamb Kofte
- Stuffed apple
- Chicken wraps and salsa
- Chilli
- Pancakes


GAMES
Includes a selection of calm activities to fill a rainy hour at camp, plus games and activities suitable for part of a Scout evening, running about and calmer thinking challenges.
- Crab football
- Squares
- Protect the skittles
- Basketball knockout
- Stinger
- Prisoner
- Battleships
- Chip survey
- Camera rally
- Paper planes
- Kim's game

CRAFT
Includes
- Simple wooden bird box
- Plaited leather woggle
- Three simple paracord projects
- Making waterproof matches

FIRES
Includes how to make
- Simple brick rocket fire
- Simple fire lighters and
- Tin can / buddy burners
- A cardboard box oven.
An overview of
- Trangia
- Hex Stove
- where to locate an open fire

NAVIGATION
- Finding North
- Grid references
- Naismith's Rule
- Ordnance Survey Symbols

KNOTS
Not hundreds, the basics
- Basic terminology
- Eight hitches
- Two stopper knots
- Two bends
- Four loops
- Plus The Surrey 6 (six knots suitable for modern synthetic rope)

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Please provide feedback on problems found and ideas for inclusion.

We aim to make updates to the App when we have tried, tested, played, eaten and learned.

This App is free, does not require internet access and has no ads.

There is a supporting web site, that is still a work in progress.