33 2nd Myland Brownies Last term we were working on our “Express Myself” theme, where we did fun activities like building structures from marshmallows and spaghetti, made some large scale collaborative art, and built zip wires for our teddy bears. We celebrated Shrove Tuesday by making (and eating) pancakes and made cards for Mother’s Day. In February, we spent the night in the amazing Colchester Castle, along with almost 300 other members of Girlguiding from North Colchester. We really enjoyed the paper bag challenges, and the queue for the loo was most impressive! Sleeping in a castle that is over 900 years old is a pretty memorable occasion, but in the morning I realised the artefacts we were sleeping next to were from the stone age (around 2.6m years ago). This blew my mind slightly, (but I’m sure the Brownies will remember the event for something strange, like the Malteser challenge, or the brioche we ate at 7.30am sat in a giant circle)!!! Thanks to all the volunteers and organisers involved, it was a pretty special event to be involved in, I’m sure the Brownies will remember it for many years to come. This Brown Owl still remembers the heady excitement of spending 3 nights in a church hall in Frinton when I was age 7. I wonder how many of you have childhood memories from Guiding and Scouting? Sam Borroff, Brown Owl Learning & Growing
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