On Friday 29th of February I attended a badge weekend at the County Scouting Centre in Cranham. There were three courses to choose from:
Emergency Aid, Modeller and Pioneer. I decided to do the pioneer course
which was instructed by three men from London called Fred, Malcolm
and another man who was great but I can’t remember his name.
The course included learning all the knots and lashings, building a swing and a type of catapult. Also a range of indoor projects which included
splicing (Making a rope thicker and to stop it from fraying), whipping (to stop a rope from fraying), and mini pioneering with small green sticks.
We also had a board in the room we were using, which had all the knots and lashings on it. It had our names on it so that when we learnt a knot or a lashing and the instructor was satisfied we would put a sticker by our name under the knot or lashing we had learnt.

Alex
Rodborough Scouts