Badge Bingo: Chef (Scouts)

Plan and produce a tasty menu for your Scout troop after they come back after a long day of activities.

Visiting Thorrington can be a great way to earn new badges, this week we’re looking at how you can earn your chef activity badge.

Camp Essentials: Make your own Hammock

Create your own hammock on camp using only a tarp and some rope

Our camp essentials are designed to help you think of new ways to maximise your visit to Thorrington, why not try making your own Hammocks?

Wet Weekends: da Vinci’s bridge

Create a pioneering structure by building a bridge with a difference. There are no ropes!

British weather can be a pain, but with our wet weekends blog you can find a way to maximise your visit no matter the weather.

This week we will look at how you can try and build da Vinci’s bridge.

Camp Menu: S’mores

Make this gorgeously gooey campfire treat, that’ll leave you wanting ’s’more‘.

They say an army marches on it’s stomach and this definitely applies to camps too. With our camp menu blog why not cook up a storm for your next visit.

This week we’re making s’mores

Badge Bingo: Camp craft (Beavers)

From tents to fire building, here’s your ticket to becoming a crafty camper.

Visiting Thorrington can be a great way to earn new badges, this week we’re looking at how you can earn your camp craft activity badge.

Camp Essentials: Tree switch

You’ll need to know your beech from your birch to play this outdoor game that puts you quite literally ‘in touch’ with nature.

Our camp essentials help you think of things to do when you visit Thorrington, this week why not give Tree Switch a go when you next visit?

Wet Weekends: Nature paintbrushes

Try making art with paintbrushes that you've made from leaves and grass.

British weather can be a pain, but with our wet weekends blog you can find a way to maximise your visit no matter the weather.

This week we will focus on making nature paintbrushes.

Camp Menu: Camp stove doughnuts

Set up your stoves and rustle up some delicious doughy delights.

They say an army marches on it’s stomach and this definitely applies to camps too. With our camp menu blog why not cook up a storm for your next visit.

This week we’re making camp stove doughnuts.

Badge Bingo: Fire safety (Scouts)

Learn the fire safety essentials. Master the precautionary measures to take to prevent a fire.

Visiting Thorrington can be a great way to earn new badges, this week we’re looking at how you can earn your fire safety activity badge.

Camp Essentials: Whittle a tent peg

Whittle your own tent peg and learn knife skills in this traditional scout activity.

Our camp essentials are designed to help you think of new ways to maximise your visit to Thorrington, why not try and whittle a tent peg?