Cracking evening at the beach with Elm Ridge Explorers and Harrowgate Hill Explorers joining us. #SkillsForLife is clearly working as one of our Explorers avoided last years burger gate episode & successfully cooked all of his burgers this year! Well…
Elm Ridge Racers
Elm Ridge Explorers put pedal to the metal the other night and had a great evening competing at Go Karting. Some really good lap times posted.
Beavers on a Trail
The Beavers from the 12th Darlington Scout Group, recently went on a Nature Walk taking in the surrounding countryside. Learning about the animals and plants. Half way round the route they were challenged with making a piece of art using…
Orienteering 2024
Double Win for Hurworth !!! This years Darlington District Orienteering Competition was a straight Orienteering OF with Elm Ridge and Hurworth Elm Ridge Explorers vs Hurworth Explorers 11th Darlington Scout Group (Hurworth) vs 12th Darlington Scout Group (Elm Ridge) and…
Fresh Start
Its been a long time coming but the 18th Darlington Scout Group (Middleton St George) finally have somewhere they can call home. Their new purpose built Scout Hut had its GRAND OPENING at the weekend, Sue Snowden (Lord Lieutenant of…
Cake Happy
Squirrels from the 7th Sea Scout Group the other week had fun making chocolate cornflake cakes whilst learning about food allergies gluten, wheat and dairy
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Great Times were had by all at Great Towers the other weekend. The rain didn’t stop any of our play, and to top it all off, Elm Ridge welcomed their newest Explorer.
St George’s Day 2024
As we celebrate St George’s Day today – 23rd April – the Patron Saint of scouting, we look back at our St George’s Day Parade. Gathering outside the town hall for our parade of group flags, we walked through the…
Filtered Water
Tonight at Beavers from the 12th Darlington Scout Group with World Earth Day in mind learnt about Water Filters and how they worked. Making our own mucky water and filters using a pop bottle, sand, stones, wet wipes and cotton…
