Category: Camping
Base Camp/Wilderness Survival Weekend – 9-10 October
This campout had two purposes – to get our new scouts up to scratch with a range of basic skills from setting up a campsite…
La Fouly Summer Campout – 14-18 July
This year’s summer campout took place at the Camping des Glaciers, La Fouly, in Canton Valais. Sixteen scouts including four from Troop 130 (also based…
Sixt Campout – 5-6 June
An early Saturday morning start saw 25 scouts along with 10 adult leaders and assisting parents meet up at Le Pelly campsite in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval. They immediately…
Vesenaz Campout – 15-16 May 2021
We first met at CDL early on Saturday morning, from where we made our own way in patrols to the Vesenaz campsite on the other…
How To Build A Quinzee – Video
Inspired by the snow shelters he learnt about during recent weekend campouts, Troop 77’s Ben Landon decided to perfect his quinzee building technique on a…
Winter Survival Weekend, Refuge de Solalex – 6-7 February 2021
For many scouts, the winter campout weekend at the Refuge de Solalex above Gryon took their winter skills training to a new level. Scouts hiked…
Campout & Kayak Trip – Ardèche
⚜️Et voilà…Ardèche 2020! Bravo Scouts and well done. This was truly an adventure weekend and you really pushed the boundaries👍 Thank you to the parents…
Wilderness Survival – October 2019
From Saturday 12th to Sunday 13th of October 2019, 12 scouts and 5 adult leaders from Troop 77 took part in the Wilderness Survival Weekend,…
Camp Alpine 2019 – Week 1
At the beginning of the 2019 summer holidays, Scouts from Troop 77 participated at Camp Alpine, in Kandersteg, Switzerland. The Camp Alpine programme runs over…
Ardèche – September 2019
On the weekend of 21-22 September, Scouts from Troop 77 (and families!) went canoeing and kayaking in the Ardèche area of southern France. We left…