Wolds Way Hike

Explorers met at the weekend to enable them to undertake a longer hike, completing 15.5 km in 4 hours on a section of the Wolds Way, that was a bit muddy in places! They also did a spot of geocaching along the way.

Seaside visit

On Thursday 17th July Hessle Explorers organised a Blacktoft Beacon District Explorers end of term seaside visit to South Shore at Bridlington. The event was attended by Explorers and leaders from Hessle, South Cave, Kirk Ella, Howden and Snaith. Everyone had fish & chips provided by Linda at Mushy P’s fish & chip shop followed…

Hessle Open Gardens

On Sunday 6th July Paul the Explorer Leader gratefully received a cheque for £600 from the Hessle West Open Gardens team. This money was a follow on from some donated the year before to start the build on the outdoor activity area at the rear of the Scout Den. The money this year is intended…

Gilwell24 – 2014

Our Explorers joined 5,000 other Explorers at the Gilwell24 event 11th to 13th July at Gilwell Scout Park, Chingford. The event ran from 0900 on Saturday and finished at 0900 on the Sunday, it was a great success as the photos will show you. Everyone had a fantastic time and most managed to continue with…

County Monopoly Run – Hull 2014

On the 28th June our Explorers joined 130 other Explorers from the rest of the county to take part in the Monopoly Run in the city of Hull. The event took place on the same day as the Lord Mayer parade, there were street acts, fairground rides, live music and of course 130 Explorers running…

Group Camp 2014

The Explorers joined the rest of Hessle Scout Group for the annual Group Camp on 19th to 21st June 2014. They all enjoyed the weekend with 117 young Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers attending. The activities included climbing, archery, rifle range, grass sledging, hike, assault course, snake and reptile handling, climbing frames and water slides….

12th June 2014 – Orange Brownies with a Twist!

Tonight Ciaran organised the activity down on the river shore. The Explorers were all given an orange, chocolate brownie mix and a cinnamon dough twist. They split into pairs and set about lighting small fires then prepared the oranges by scooping out the contents and adding the brownie mix. This was then placed in the…

6th June – A night with the stars

On Friday 6th June the Explorers were set an overnight pioneering challenge at Raywell Park. They had to construct a sleeping platform using 3 different knots and lashings big enough and strong enough for 8 of them to spend the night under the stars. The result was fantastic and they even managed a couple of…

6th June – Explorers go Platinum

On Friday 6th June two of our Explorers were presented with their Chief Scouts Platinum Awards by the District Commissioner at Raywell Park before starting the overnight pioneering challenge. To gain this award they have both completed expeditions, played rugby for a local team, taken part in lots of fun activities and supported younger members…

18th May – Hessle Open Gardens Bus team

Hessle Open Gardens Organisation help local charities through their annual open gardens event. Last year they helped the Scout Group with funding for the outdoor activity area. This year they asked us to help them by running a minibus route around Hessle. The leaders stepped up to this challenge. They divided up the hours between…

18th May – Hessle Open Gardens

The Explorers help prepare the community minibus for the leaders to provide a bus service for the annual Hessle Open Gardens. The Open Gardens is a fund raiser for many local charities and Hessle Scout Group has benefitted from this with funds to kick start our new outdoor activity area. This year we are helping…

17th May 2014 – Welton Waters Activity Centre

On Saturday 17th May 2014 we took the Explorers to Welton Waters Activity Centre www.wwac.org.uk for the RYA Push The Boat Out event http. This was a fantastic opportunity to spend the day on the water trying out new sports. The team had a go at Windsurfing, Kayaking, Canoeing, pull boat sailing, dinghy sailing and jetty…

8th May 2014 – Whittling challenge

While the Explorers were waiting for their turn in the rifle range they were set a whittling challenge. They were all given a piece of branch each and set about carving a walking stick. The Explorers interpretation of carving and whittling gave some interesting results. All fingers remained intact.

8th May 2014 – Snipers

On Thursday 8th May 2014 the Explorers under the supervision of Sean the Scout Leader took to the range for a bit of sniper training. It was a good night up at Raywell air rifle range with some good scores. It’s been a while since we last had a shoot and the team really enjoyed…

1st May 2014 – Jane is invested

On Thursday 1st May 2014 Jane was invested as a leader by Audrey the District Training Manager. Jane has been in an adult support role since the unit officially started in 2008 supporting Paul but hasn’t gone into uniform until now as she was the chairperson of the Group Executive committee. We welcome Jane in…

27th April 2014 – Explorer Wolds Challenge Award

At the St. George’s Day Parade on Sunday 27th April Hessle Explorer team 2 were awarded a certificate for the fasted Explorer team in Blacktoft Beacon district in the Wolds Challenge hike event. This was presented by Linda the District Commissioner. This is a fantastic achievement and demonstrated Hessle Explorers commitment to the district. Well…

4th – 6th April 2014 – Young Leader Training Weekend

Four of our Explorers started the Young Leader Training programme at the weekend at Raywell Scout Park.  This involves the completion of training modules delivered by the Humberside Young Leaders training team which earn them a badge and certificate. Over the weekend they put in a lot of hours in lectures and training. They now have…

22nd March 2014 – Wold Challenge Hike

Our Explorers entered 2 teams in the Wold Challenge hike this year. This is a navigation, map and route planning challenge.  The route concentrates on navigating over the moorland and some hills with a mixture of fields and lowland valleys, farmland and woods; the navigation is the key to success.  Our teams did fantastic with…

8th March 2014 – Spring Hike

Explorers took part in a navigation challenge against the clock. At each checkpoint they had a navigation challenge to complete before receiving the next 6 figure grid reference to navigate to.  The morning finished in the pub for hot coffee and snacks.

1st March 2014 – Explorers go fencing

Not quite what the Explorers had in mind when we offered them the chance to go fencing on a Saturday morning.  We supported the Group again with the erection of the security fencing for the new outdoor activity area. They were rewarded with bacon sandwiches by June the Scout Group mother.

27th February 2014 – Explorers Own

The team organised a “Cube” style set of challenges which involved balancing balls, catching balls in cups and lots of coordination skills. Great fun.

13th February 2014 – Pull the cord

We invested in para-cord and clips for the Explorers to learn the art of para-cord weaving to make a practical bracelet with a clip that contained a whistle.  All enjoyed.

6th February 2014 – Trading Post

The Explorers took part in a traditional Scout trading post with a bit of a potato twist at the start of the evening.  They had to peel a potato skin and there were points for the longest single length of peel. This produced some interesting interpretations of the words “single length of peel”.  It was…

January 2014 – Scrum down with the Beavers

3 of our Explorers play for Hessle RUFC under 15’s and they supported the Beavers with their Fitness challenge by delivering rugby union skills and some fitness activities. Both the Explorers and the Beavers had a great night.

16th January 2014 – Team building

The Explorers built on the team spirit they all share with some interesting challenges which encouraged working together to achieve the goal.

11th January 2014 – Explorers lead the way with new project

The Explorers provided a strong labour force to assist with the new outdoor activity area at the Scout HQ. They helped with the clearing of the ground in preparation for the new security fencing, door and paving.  Some of them even got to drive the JCB.  

13th March 2014 – Fire Brigade take control

We visited the Humberside Fire & Rescue control room at the HQ building.  This was a very interesting evening and really good to see the type of technology at the finger tips of the controllers and the type of incidents they deal with.  We witnessed live incidents and it was an eye opener for the…