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Junior club from 10-16 year olds. We meet fortnightly at Westmill Village Hall, near Buntingford as well as outside venues. We have a varied programme of events from First Aid to rounder’s, bowling,sports evenings, photography, visits to farms, swimming, countryside walks, BBQ's, adventure days out, quizzes, golfing range, clay pigeon shooting, halloween evenings, and many varied visiting speakers. This year we are off camping for a few days, we will visit a dairy farm, ice cream factory, Barleylands Farm and also the Boxmoor Trust. Previous camps we have visited racing stables and also stud, had a day at Celtic Harmony camp, had a day at Newbury races and a days cycling at an Activity centre in the New Forest.
Members are from all walks of life, so come along and join in the fun, you don’t have to be connected to farming to become a Young Countrysider!!!
Linda Watts, Club Leader
Tel: 01920 821393 or 07831 894840
e-mail : linda@mentleyfarm.plus.com
Members are from all walks of life, so come along and join in the fun, you don’t have to be connected to farming to become a Young Countrysider!!!
Linda Watts, Club Leader
Tel: 01920 821393 or 07831 894840
e-mail : linda@mentleyfarm.plus.com
Royston and Buntingford News
Some of our more recent meetings have been collecting money for Marie Curie cancer at Pearce's A10 Farm Shop. An evening spent decorating candles, a visit from a TV make up artist where we all went home with bruises, black eyes, scars on our arms....... a night where we were turkey plucking at Jenny and Mark Oakleys farm Baldock. This spring we have had a visit to John Deere distributors P. Tuckwells at Cromer. We have had various summer visits, farm walks, visit to a Heavy Horse farm, been golfing, clay pigeon shooting, played frisbee and basketball. We are all looking forward to our camping in the summer (that is if we have a summer!)
Snowdon Trips and Rallys
Royston & Buntingford Young Countryside’s (Juniors)
R & B Juniors have had an eventful few months. In the County rally they were the winners of the junior handicraft classes. They had a very enjoyable evening at the Young Mariners when 20 members (joined by 3 from N. Herts) went underground caving. There were a few tight squeezes for some members but a very different and enjoyable evening.
Half term 15 members (4 from N. Herts) traveled in a Freman College minibus up to Snowdon, N. Wales. Without too much trouble we found the Herts C.C. Snowdonia Centre, The Old Coach House. After spending the first evening eating fish and chips and taking a walk and paddle in the river in Beddgelent after a very hot journey.
Next morning after a wholesome breakfast we all put on our boots and off on our way. We started our climb and having gone only 50 yards, Janet not looking where she was going tripped over her own feet and took a tumble, good start. Fortunately no more hiccups and off we went. We climbed, and climbed and climbed, “the oldies keeping up the rear”. After 2 hrs we stopped for a break before continuing and reaching the top just 4 hours later. After many photo’s shoots at the top and lots of well earned refreshments we then began the descent this time via the Miners track. 3 members, Sam, James and Katy went via the Watkins Path, which fortunately led them back to The Coach House. The rest of us took a little longer, stopping on route to paddle in the lake. By 6pm we had returned safely, some a little bruised, some with sore feet, but everyone enjoying their adventure.
After a good nights sleep we returned back to Hertfordshire. Money raised has reached about £1300.00 and will be split between 5 charities - Herts Air Ambulance, Wood Greann Animal Shelter, Sue Ryder Care, Woodlands Residential Home and TRACKS (autism) A Great Adventrue for us all.
Linda Watts
R and B Leader
R & B Juniors have had an eventful few months. In the County rally they were the winners of the junior handicraft classes. They had a very enjoyable evening at the Young Mariners when 20 members (joined by 3 from N. Herts) went underground caving. There were a few tight squeezes for some members but a very different and enjoyable evening.
Half term 15 members (4 from N. Herts) traveled in a Freman College minibus up to Snowdon, N. Wales. Without too much trouble we found the Herts C.C. Snowdonia Centre, The Old Coach House. After spending the first evening eating fish and chips and taking a walk and paddle in the river in Beddgelent after a very hot journey.
Next morning after a wholesome breakfast we all put on our boots and off on our way. We started our climb and having gone only 50 yards, Janet not looking where she was going tripped over her own feet and took a tumble, good start. Fortunately no more hiccups and off we went. We climbed, and climbed and climbed, “the oldies keeping up the rear”. After 2 hrs we stopped for a break before continuing and reaching the top just 4 hours later. After many photo’s shoots at the top and lots of well earned refreshments we then began the descent this time via the Miners track. 3 members, Sam, James and Katy went via the Watkins Path, which fortunately led them back to The Coach House. The rest of us took a little longer, stopping on route to paddle in the lake. By 6pm we had returned safely, some a little bruised, some with sore feet, but everyone enjoying their adventure.
After a good nights sleep we returned back to Hertfordshire. Money raised has reached about £1300.00 and will be split between 5 charities - Herts Air Ambulance, Wood Greann Animal Shelter, Sue Ryder Care, Woodlands Residential Home and TRACKS (autism) A Great Adventrue for us all.
Linda Watts
R and B Leader
