The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association

Traditional Scouting for the 21st Century!

Leaders attend Garden Party with Her Majesty The Queen

Lord Joicey with Northumbrian Leaders at Alnwick Garden PartySeveral of the B-PSA’s leaders were honoured when Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh attended the Alnwick Garden Party.

 

White Water Rovers!

The rovers have been white water kayaking...

Viking Cubs!

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Where did you go on camp this year? 1st Whittingham turned Viking for the weekend......

Pirate Sleepover at Kielder

alt1st Whittingham Beavers headed out across the Cheviots to Kielder Water for their Pirate Sleepover........

National Discovery Award – North Wales – 14th to 20th August 2010

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On 14th August 17 Senior and Rover Scouts arrived in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park to be greeted by clear blue skies and the rare view of the summit of Snowdon with the sun going down behind it.......

 

 

EUROCamp 2010

altAt the end of an action-packed term of summer scouting, 16 members of 1st Whittingham BP Scout Group loaded up their rucsacs to take part in the main event of the World Federation of Independent Scouts for this summer – ‘EUROcamp 2010’ – a scout Jamboree in Germany, camping with 1300 scouts from all over the world.....

 

Northumbria Seniors Climbing Weekend – 10th & 11th July 2010

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On a windy but bright Saturday morning 14 Senior Scouts from around Northumbria Area met at Bowden Doors Crags for a weekend of climbing led by 2 leaders with the SPA climbing instructors qualification and equipped by the Awards for All lottery fund.........

 

Senior and Rover Scout Snow Hole Weekend

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With their own Winter Mountain Leader, Clive, the Senior Scouts and Rovers were planning a challenging trip to the Scottish Highlands to navigate out onto the Cairngorm Plateau and sleep out in a snow hole.