Japan, Bubble Football & Food - that'll be the Explorers

The Explorers started the year with a new activity - Bubble Football. This proved to be Very popular and a great laugh at the same time. This was followed by a team building night in the hall, with the Explorers attempting a variety of challenges.

Members of the Unit are heading to the World Scout Jamboree in Japan, next summer, and so we held a Japanese evening and the Explorers tried their hand at Sumo, making candy sushi, Japanese language activities and origami.

In the middle of September, we had an activities weekend at Auchengillan and, during the weekend, the Explorers worked at Glengoyne Lodge, giving it a bit of a facelift. They also took part in team building activities, archery and crate climbing.

'In the Mood' was a quieter, more serious evening, taking it in turns to role play different moods, listen to moods initiated by music and discuss how expressions and comments can be construed in different ways.

After a couple of weeks of planning, we held the Pegasus version of 'Come Dine with Me'. All four groups work exceptionally well and prepared excellent themed menus - Formal, Caribbean, Down Under and Formal.

We completed a Young Leader training module called 'Taking the Lead', finding out about different styles of leadership and techniques for working with the younger Sections.

The term up to the October week was rounded off with Edible Pioneering ... although, at times, there was more of a focus on 'edible' rather than 'pioneering'.