Pack Meetings

For our last meeting of 2025, we talked about Services. The Services that make it possible for us to work\ learn and play in Rugby.

And after the Cubs, working in teams, produced a poster advertising some of those services, they made a short "TV" advert.

We scheduled our winter night hike for a full moon. We needn't have bothered. The clouds didn't clear, and the rain barely relented all evening. But that didn't dampen our spirits. Well, it might have a little bit as we hiked across Normandy Hill which was dark, wet, windy, and cold. But our fantastic Young Leader support and additional adult help from Katherine, Siobhan, and Dave made for a great evening. Even if we didnt get to see the full moon.

This week the Cubs completed a series of activities working towards their Challenge Awards. But we finished with something a bit different. Group Leader David brought in a wasps' nest (minus wasps) that he'd had to remove as part of his work. David told the Cubs how the wasps make their nests from a mixture of wood and water. Originally the size of a basketball, the nest is fragile and detiorated, but that meant it was possible for the Cubs to see the incredible inner of the nest.

Friday's meeting was messy. Super messy. As part of our Environmental Conservation Activity Badge we made bird feeders. Which meant we got to start by making fresh orange juice before stuffing the used orange halves with hand mixed lard and bird food. The super messy bit.

The Cub Pack leaders like to make the Leaders' Challenge a food tasting challenge. This week we had a three course meal, starting and finishing with Indian foods, and sandwiching (forgive the pun) cheese sandwiches with the addition of pickles. We had pickle foods from around the world. Pickled onions, sauerkraut from Germany, and kimchi from Korea.

The spicy starter wasn't a hit with the Cubs, but was scoffed by the Scouts who came after. But the sauerkraut and kimchi were popular enought that there were volunteers to take the leftovers home.