Group Hike #44
Pulborough to Amberley via Parham Park. 10 miles15 of us picked another beautiful day for a walk across Pulborough Brooks, through Parham Park and up Kithurst Hill to finish with a nice downhill stroll...
1st Crawley Scout Group Blog
Summer Expedition 2020 The Lake District
Summer Expedition 2020 – The Lake District & Scafell Pike. Date: Saturday 1st August to Saturday 8th August 2020 You will be staying for seven nights in a big warm chalet at Great Tower...
Fireworks 2019
We are so very lucky with the weather, as the evening we let off our fireworks at Stanfords was the clearest night for a week. Even though the elctricity is still off at the...
Brecon Beacons October 2019
Another very successful Group expedition to the mountains of South Wales. The sun came out for us and gave us the best views of the highest mountain in Southern Britain and it’s near neighbours...
Snowdonia May 2019
The Spring half term saw 1st Crawley head to North Wales for an action-packed weekend of adventure. On day one we all donned wet suits and headed into the Afon Trystion to go gorge...
Vitality Westminster Scouting Mile
The late may Bank Holiday weekend saw one of our Beavers, Eloise, represent 1st Crawley at the Westminster Scouting Mile. This annual event, the largest timed mile event in the world, has a starting...
Operation HQ Success for 1st Crawley
Saturday 18 May saw the Crawley scout groups in action for Operation HQ. Teams had to navigate and hike between the town’s group HQ’s, tackling an ‘incident’ at each hut. At Oak Road we...
Can you help us?
We are always looking for additional help to keep our group running smoothly. From occasionally helping out at weekly meetings or becoming an instructor for adventurous activities to becoming a uniformed leader, everyone’s contribution...
St George’s Day 2019
Sunday 28th April saw the massed Crawley Scout troops march from St Wilfrid’s School to Tilgate Park for the annual St George’s day celebration and picnic. St George is the patron saint of Scouting...
1st Crawley Scout Leader treks solo across Nepal to Everest Base Camp
You can read a fantastic account of Andy’s Himalayan trek over at the Crawley District website… https://crawleydistrictscouts.co.uk/news/2019/02/1st-crawley-scout-leader-treks-solo-across-nepal-to-everest-base-camp/
Chief Scout’s Awards
Well done to all the 1st Crawley Beavers and Cubs who received their hard earned Chief Scout’s Bronze and Silver Award tonight. The awards were presented by the Mayor, Carlos Portal Castro in a...
