Thorney’s
Great Cycling Adventure
This is the story of Philip, Sam, Jon, William, Connor, Matthew, Jack, Ben, Gillian, Daniel and Luke, on their October half term cycle adventure. On Wednesday 27th of October the eleven Scouts from the 47th Peterborough (Thorney Abbey) set out on their trip from Thorney to Ferry Meadows, a journey of 25 miles which formed part of their Cyclist Badge. They were ably assisted along their way by Leaders Alyson, Martin and Stephen.
After careful planning and checking that everyone had the right safety equipment, we left Thorney at 09:00 and cycled along the cycleway which runs alongside the A47 till we reached Willow Hall Drive. It was here that we crossed and continued our ride on to Flag Fen and our first real break. However one of our leaders had a slow puncture (in more than place) this meant nearly every time we stopped he had to pump his tyre up.
After this we continued to the Tin Bridge where we crossed the river only to find the path on that side of the bridge no longer existed, so we crossed back and used the path on the original side. We followed this path through the underpass and into town where we turned right and then left just before Woolworths, past Asda and left to get to the river where we went under the railway and I realised I had a puncture (at first I didn’t
Great Cycling Adventure
This is the story of Philip, Sam, Jon, William, Connor, Matthew, Jack, Ben, Gillian, Daniel and Luke, on their October half term cycle adventure. On Wednesday 27th of October the eleven Scouts from the 47th Peterborough (Thorney Abbey) set out on their trip from Thorney to Ferry Meadows, a journey of 25 miles which formed part of their Cyclist Badge. They were ably assisted along their way by Leaders Alyson, Martin and Stephen.
After careful planning and checking that everyone had the right safety equipment, we left Thorney at 09:00 and cycled along the cycleway which runs alongside the A47 till we reached Willow Hall Drive. It was here that we crossed and continued our ride on to Flag Fen and our first real break. However one of our leaders had a slow puncture (in more than place) this meant nearly every time we stopped he had to pump his tyre up.
After this we continued to the Tin Bridge where we crossed the river only to find the path on that side of the bridge no longer existed, so we crossed back and used the path on the original side. We followed this path through the underpass and into town where we turned right and then left just before Woolworths, past Asda and left to get to the river where we went under the railway and I realised I had a puncture (at first I didn’t
realise what the problem was). By this time one of the leaders (the one with the slow puncture) had gone to get a new tyre and the rest had gone on to meet him. I had a leader with me and at first we didn’t realise we had a puncture kit with us so we called to the group ahead and they started cycling back. When they arrived the puncture was soon sorted, it turned out to be large puncture created by a sharp stone.
After that we upped our pace as we had lost quite a lot of time however we took time to take in the nice views. We continued past a rowing lake then on to another bridge where we watched someone using the lock then we crossed the railway. After the railway crossing came a long straight leafy part where we raced each other till we crossed the railway again and continued into Ferry Meadows where we stopped for lunch and played on the equipment near the sailing centre.
After playing on the equipment it was time to retrace our route back to Thorney but this passed off without any incident; however Connor slipped off his bike and hurt his pride! This made us more determined to encourage each other to make it back, over all a great day for everyone and a great display of teamwork from a relatively recently reformed troop.
We now all look forward to our next big adventure at Bellchamps Winter Camp in “balmy” February, we are praying for no Snow and no press cameras.
After that we upped our pace as we had lost quite a lot of time however we took time to take in the nice views. We continued past a rowing lake then on to another bridge where we watched someone using the lock then we crossed the railway. After the railway crossing came a long straight leafy part where we raced each other till we crossed the railway again and continued into Ferry Meadows where we stopped for lunch and played on the equipment near the sailing centre.
After playing on the equipment it was time to retrace our route back to Thorney but this passed off without any incident; however Connor slipped off his bike and hurt his pride! This made us more determined to encourage each other to make it back, over all a great day for everyone and a great display of teamwork from a relatively recently reformed troop.
We now all look forward to our next big adventure at Bellchamps Winter Camp in “balmy” February, we are praying for no Snow and no press cameras.
This year’s Medehamstede District Scout Incident Hike returned to its traditional date of the first Friday in December and with this the weather did not fail to keep its end of the bargain. As seven teams set out in to the darkness from the Helpston Scout and Guide Headquarters on their circular route around John Claire Country.
Defending champions Helpston thought the coveted Trophy was theirs to defend against its own rival patrol from the troop plus two teams from Thorney and Glinton with one from Bretton. Each of the troops put out strong teams made up from one patrol, all of whom were determined not to have a repeat of last year’s result. The Bretton team was made up from three of their October 09 winning County Peak Challenge Team. But despite this they did not walk away with the trophy without a being challenged by the other patrols out that evening.
The event: teams were entered as patrols made up from 4 to 6 members; they had a kit list with all their requirements and a list of safety kit too. The route was cross country over fields and public rights of way around Helpston and the surrounding area over nearly 6miles. While out they walked in either direction, being set off at 15 minute intervals. On the event they encountered seven different bases.
Defending champions Helpston thought the coveted Trophy was theirs to defend against its own rival patrol from the troop plus two teams from Thorney and Glinton with one from Bretton. Each of the troops put out strong teams made up from one patrol, all of whom were determined not to have a repeat of last year’s result. The Bretton team was made up from three of their October 09 winning County Peak Challenge Team. But despite this they did not walk away with the trophy without a being challenged by the other patrols out that evening.
The event: teams were entered as patrols made up from 4 to 6 members; they had a kit list with all their requirements and a list of safety kit too. The route was cross country over fields and public rights of way around Helpston and the surrounding area over nearly 6miles. While out they walked in either direction, being set off at 15 minute intervals. On the event they encountered seven different bases.
The results: In seventh place Helpston Tigers, sixth place Helpston Eagles, fifth place Thorney Hawks, fourth place Glinton 2, third place Thorney Cobras, second place Glinton 1 and first place Bretton Rowallan.
Heard out on the event: come on you lot it’s this way was heard by many of the base leaders as patrols approached them. One Patrol came back to the start to check with control that the first base had not moved, “we went to the grid reference waited ten minutes, and no one turned up so we came back just to check if we were right” said Marcus, Mark on control responded with “the grid reference is right but did you check all the 100 meter squared area as if you do you will find the base just to the left of the stile in the field, then follow your nose to the smell of a wood fire”
There was a report of Mike making fireballs on his base as he tried to make a warming cuppa and the combination of rain and meth’s caused a small explosion!
Then there was Sarah who tried to watch “Fame” on DVD she said “just as you got to an exciting bit in the film a Patrol turned up out of the dark”.
One Thorney leader said “if you look at the results they will think Thorney’s young people like lighting fires and burning things down, good job one of our leaders is a fireman”
Heard out on the event: come on you lot it’s this way was heard by many of the base leaders as patrols approached them. One Patrol came back to the start to check with control that the first base had not moved, “we went to the grid reference waited ten minutes, and no one turned up so we came back just to check if we were right” said Marcus, Mark on control responded with “the grid reference is right but did you check all the 100 meter squared area as if you do you will find the base just to the left of the stile in the field, then follow your nose to the smell of a wood fire”
There was a report of Mike making fireballs on his base as he tried to make a warming cuppa and the combination of rain and meth’s caused a small explosion!
Then there was Sarah who tried to watch “Fame” on DVD she said “just as you got to an exciting bit in the film a Patrol turned up out of the dark”.
One Thorney leader said “if you look at the results they will think Thorney’s young people like lighting fires and burning things down, good job one of our leaders is a fireman”
By Philip
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