Scouts survival nights

Bear Grylls has got some competitions on his hands!

The past few weeks the Scouts have been learning some scout survival skills and trying them out at Daviot.

We started by looking at semaphore signalling and water purification, then made Gordon a cup of tea on the trangias while he was outside we were fire lighting!

We were starting fires with flints and then had a go with a car battery - plenty sparks here!

The following week we had a look at the safety and rules around using stoves - to make popcorn! - gas lamps, knives, axes and saws.

To finish off our survival season we went up to Daviot campsite to try out our skills. Mixed results with the firelighting but everyone had a go at chopping wood for our big fire, which the patrol leaders set up earlier. The leaders and PL's came along early to set up and cook dinner on an open fire - a little reward for the hard working PL's.

We also played a few wide games around the site and finished off by roasting some smores.