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Could you help break the Guinness World Record for electricity generated by bikes?
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 22-07-2010
Friends of Volunteering Clydesdale (FoVC) are a hosting a Sustainable Saturday Family Fun Day on August 28th from 9am to 5pm.
The main attraction of the day is the staging of a Guinness World Record Attempt to generate electricity using 21 stationary bikes over a 24 hour period. This begins on the Friday 27th at 5pm.
FoVC are keen for Scouting to get involved and have suggested that you could us their event as a fundraiser for your Scout Group and get young people to collect sponsorship for participating in the day.
FoVC are a not for profit voluntary organisation who have funding from the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund to reduce the carbon footprint and energy spend of Clydesdale.
The aim of this attempt is to reach a wider community and to:
- Raise awareness of sustainable issues such as energy efficiency and renewable technologies.
- Promote mental and physical health and well being.
- Demonstrate what communities can achieve by working together.
Aside from the record attempt, they will have healthy cooking demonstrations, smoothie bike makers, bouncy castles and eco drive simulators amongst others. They are also prepared to bus different communities in free of charge. Partners for the event include South Lanarkshire Leisure, Healthy Valleys, Philips Lighting and the NHS' Lanarkshire Active Communities.
interested participants can sign up at www.poweringtothefuture.org.uk
For further information have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7rcXIMPrUc
or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEBORLLbQrA&feature=related
If you have any questions please get in touch with James Kane at james.kane@fovc.org.uk or 0777 165 7099
Network heads North
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 21-07-2010
It always gets a bit quieter in the Regional Office at this time of year and earlier this month, I took the opportunity to catch up on some time off and headed off to camp with a Group of Scout Networkers.
The 77th Glasgow Scout Network is no ordinary Unit; they provide an opportunity for physically disabled young people to experience Scouting at its best!
Our summer camp adventure began first thing on the Monday morning when we gathered with 2 minibuses at The Quay in Glasgow and 8 Networkers and 9 Leaders loaded ourselves and our gear into the minibuses to head for Badaguish, just outside Aviemore. Badaguish is a fully accessible outdoor centre with modern log cabins and was an ideal setting for summer camp.
During the course of the week we went cycling, clay pidgeon shooting and fishing, tried out the swimming pools in Inverness and at the Macdonald Resort in Aviemore and of course has some time to relax in camp.
After what seemed like no time at all, we were packing up and heading off for our next destination; Fort Augustus.
We spent our last 2 nights of summer camp at Cumberlands Campsite and on the Saturday, the Networkers walked the Great Glen Way from Altsigh to Invermoriston which for them was knackering but rewarding to complete the hike.
All too soon, Sunday morning was with us and we were striking camp ready for the journey back to Glasgow, with a pit stop at The Green Welly in Tyndrum.
Scouts Brave Scotland's Summer Weather
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 20-07-2010
Three interpid Scouts and 4 leaders braved the Scottish summer weather on 3rd July to summit Beinn Ghlas near Killin.
Leaving from the Ben Lawers visitor centre, the Scouts explored the flora and fauna of the Ben Lawers National Nature reserve, as well as hearing about the archaeological work in the area (http://www.benlawers.org.uk/). Whilst the walk started in sunshine with light drizzle, as the summit approached the wind picked up and the visibility dropped so having grabbed a quick lunch near the summit, we decided the best option was to leave Ben Lawers itself for another day (when we could see it!) and to make for the tea room.
Having climbed 1103m we felt we deserved tea and scones anyway. Once we were warm and dry in the tea room we agreed if had been a good day out despite the weather!
