Cub scouts slithery snail care
SCOUTING is all about teamwork and two groups at the 16th Argylls put that into practice when they tried to remove a barrel from a minefield.
The exercise was part of the activities on an open recruitment evening last Thursday at the Free Church Hall in George Street.
The minefield was marked out with pieces of tape and each group was given a time limit in which to remove the barrel using just one piece of rope. Afterwards a leader gave the scouts one solution although he said there were other possibilities.
Inside the hall a circle of 17 cubs found some interesting results in a game of Chinese whispers, the original message was: ‘The Union Jack is red, white and blue.’ Somehow after passing through 16 mouths the message from the 17th was: ‘He passed!’
Many cubs in the group have been taking their animal care badges. One of the leaders innovative solutions to finding pets was to buy three African land snails from eBay. One, Reece, with some good care and plenty of lettuce and grated carrot, has grown to the size of a tennis ball in five months.
Each week three cubs take a snail home to look after until the next meeting.
Currently about 60 beavers, cubs and scouts attend in Campbeltown but there is a constant drive to attract more and also a need for extra adult volunteer leaders.
At the open evening four children filled in forms about becoming scouts.
A spokesperson said: ‘Scouting is not just open to boys and since the early 1990s girls have been just as welcome to join scout sections.’
For further information call Lindsay Kenny on 01586 552675.