MID BEDFORDSHIRE DIVISION

1st Ampthill Guides with their award winning stall up Ampthill Park on Gala Day, Sunday 29th June.

The theme was around the world.
With flags decorating the tent plus postcards from around the world,

The three games were:
Treasure Planet - where in Planet Earth was the treasure hidden?
Pick a Lolly, and Baked Bean challenge were also popular.
All money raised is to go to the Keech Cottage Hospice.

1st Ampthill Guide Company
During November 2007, Sara Andrews, District Commissioner for Ampthill presented four Guides from the 1st Ampthill Guide Company with their BP certificates and badges. Well done to the four Guides pictured here!

1st Ampthill Guide Company
1st Ampthill Guide company had a very interesting visit to The English School of Falconry at the Birds of Prey Centre at Old Warden Park, Biggleswade.

Amongst the many birds that they saw were a beautiful Barn Owl called "Dibley" and an equally magnificent Bengal Eagle Owl called "Boo". Here some of the guides are seen posing elegantly with the Owls.

The Guides found the visit fascinating and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.

1st Ampthill Guide Unit - "Five Senses Go-For-It"
Richard brought along one quarter of his collection of Reptiles for an excellent hands on experience touching and learning about bearded lizards, snakes, scorpions, cockroaches, turtles, chinchillas and not to forget Harry the Toucan. http://www.reptileroadshow.co.uk/

The 10 kg tortoise was nine years old
The chinchilla did not seem to mind where it sat!
One guide became very attached to the blue-tongued lizard she was holding, and named it Gremlin.

The guides were all prepared to hold something, though there were a few screams when the cockroach escaped.

1st Flitwick Rainbow pirate evening held November 2007. Each Rainbow had an eye patch from the Jubilee sailing trust to raise money for the Tall Ships race. Look at them enjoying themselves!

Tea in Beds Fund Raising Evening- The 2nd Ampthill Brownies Held a Mad Hatters Tea Party.

The Brownies combined the Event with attaining their Hostess Badge.
They wrote the invitations on a special Top Hat shaped Card, inviting Friends and Family; importantly everyone had to wear a Mad Hat.
The Event was held at St Andrews Church and all the Brownies made cakes for the guest to eat.
On the night we held a Tea Time Quiz for the adults, examples of questions
1. Why should there always be a hole in the lid of a teapot?
2. Which coffee was advertise by Tony Head and Sharon Maugham in a along running campaign about Flirtatious neighbours
A Tea Time word search for the Children.
A Raffle
A decorated Plate competition
A Mad Hat competitions the best hats were the ones worn by the adults as most had been made by the Brownies although I loved the one who wore a 'Bob the Builder' Hat.
Brownies then served Tea and Cakes to all the adults. A good evening was had by all despite the the coldness of the room (the heating was not on) and £69 was raised for WAGGS

'Tea in Beds' Fund Raising Evening - The Ampthill Guides Held a Fund Raising Tea Party.

The Guides all invited a Friend for the Evening and parents were asked to come for a cup of Tea and Cake for the 2nd half of the evening.
The Older Guides ran various stalls. Guess the weight of the Cake, Fortune Telling, Pin the cherry on the cup cake and a quiz
Tea and cakes were sold to raise money, in total £45 was raised and sent to WAGGS