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Would you like an idea for what to buy a Scout or Explorer for their birthday or for Christmas ? Follow this link for some Scouting themed present suggestions…

Guides

• Guides for Camping and Outdoors
  • Axemanship and Knife Safety
  • Basic cooking (printable pdf guide)
  • Campfire Song Book 
  • Camp site selection (printable pdf guide)
  • Camping in wet and windy weather (link to the UK Met Office)
  • Firelighting (printable pdf guide)
  • Tents (printable pdf guide)
  • Kit packing
    • Hiking
    • Overnight activities and camping
    • Equipment suitable for Scout patrol camps and standing camps
  • Victorinox Tool Guide (printable pdf guide)

• Guide for Indoors (and sometimes out)
  • Cooking Scout pancakes (video)

• Guides for Knots and Lashings
  • Animated knots (This link references a very well resourced 3rd party website)
  • Simple knots (printable pdf guide)
  • Lashings (printable pdf guide)
  • Build a Monkey Bridge

• Guides for Maps and Navigation
  • • Basic navigation (printable pdf guide)
    • Beginner’s guide to measuring distance on a map (This link references a page on the UK Ordnance Survey website)
    • Beginner’s guide to understanding map contour lines (This link references a page on the UK Ordnance Survey website)
    • Beginner’s guide to understanding map scales  (This link references a page on the UK Ordnance Survey website)
    • Beginner’s guide to grid references (This link references a page on the UK Ordnance Survey website)
    • Beginner’s guide to the compass (This link references a page on the UK Ordnance Survey website)
  • • Beginner’s guide to using a compass (This link references a page on the UK Ordnance Survey website)
  • Ordnance Survey Benchmarks (This link references a blog maintained by UK Ordnance Survey)

Other useful guides (a-z lists)

• A – Z of fundraising ideas  (This link references a page on the UK Scout Association Website)
• A – Z of present ideas for Scouts and Explorers
• A – Z for some of the scouting activities that offer skills for life  (This link references a page on the UK Scout Association Website)

Other useful reference sources 

• Scouting Resources
• Adult Development (This link references a page on the Hertfordshire County Website)
• Songs, Verse, Yells and Stunts

Badges and sectional support

• Cub Road Safety Badge
• Cub Cyclist Badge
• Cub Chef’s Badge
• The Queen’s Scout Award (printable pdf guide)

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