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by Sue Champkins

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MID
BEDFORDSHIRE DIVISION
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Mid Bedfordshire Division
Mid Bedfordshire Division serves the towns of
Ampthill, Barton and Flitwick. There are 24 units within the Division,
7 Guide Units, 14 Brownie Units and 3 Rainbow Units.
A team of District Commissioners take the lead in the running of
the Districts for the Division.
In addition to the dedicated Unit Guiders the Districts are supported
by a further group of staff including Secretaries, Treasurers, and
Badge Secretaries.
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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.
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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.

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1st
Ampthill Guides planting wetland
marginal plants at Marston Vale Millenium Country Park.
Sunday
18th May 2003 saw a group of guides and their leaders wading in
murky water planting marginal plants and flowers. Although it
was very windy the rain held off and the guides had a very enjoyable
time getting muddy.

1st
Ampthill Guides climbing at the
Kempston Outdoor Centre.
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Only
4 minor injuries during the evening - the guides soon learnt whom
they could trust at the end of the rope!
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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.
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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
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Last updated
29 April, 2008
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