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6 Hunstanton Town & Around May 2012
larger strip was sown on the 11th April on the right-hand verge of
1st Hunstanton Scout Group
Redgate Hill and from the roundabout up to the commercial park on
the entrance to the town. This has been achieved by the co-operation
Hi my name is Mark Larman and I am one of the new leaders at the of the Town Council, the BCKLWN gardening team, headed by Chris
1st Hunstanton Scouts. For those who don't know the 1st Hunstanton Durham, and the In Bloom committee. None of this would have been
Scout Group has not had a Scout section for many years. At the end possible without a lot of hard work carried out by Pat and Lesley
of last year there was a push to get the Scout section restarted. Myself Richardson who faced the daunting task of hand sowing this very large
and two other local Dads volunteered to become leaders and we started strip. (See photo).
in the new year.
During January and February we had joint meeting with the Cubs.
We had activities including Astronomy, Map reading and local
Heritage. From March we took the plunge and started to plan and run
our own meetings. For the first meeting we organized a trip to
Hunstanton Fire station, we were joined by the Cubs and were given a
tour of the station, the crew talked about fire safety and the different
equipment they use. The Cubs and Scouts got the opportunity to use
the hoses and the finale was watching the crew in action cutting the
roof off of a car. The speed and professionalism really was impressive
and everybody had a great time.
Our next meeting was at the HQ in York Avenue, the Scouts learned
about ropes and knots, at the end of the evening they had to use
everything they had learnt to make a tripod with an arm and hook that
they then used to lift a bucket containing sweets from one location to
another this was also a great hit. We then had a night hike around
Castle Rising with the 12th Kings Lynn Scouts and the following week
a Bowling evening with the 1st Heacham Scouts. For the last meeting
of the term we watched a DVD of the 2007 Scout Jamboree ate
Popcorn and drank squash.
Our meetings this half term will include Basic First Aid,
Indoor/Outdoor Games, Circus Skills, Tent Pitching, a Trip to
Hunstanton lifeboat station and a mini hike in Ringstead Downs. We
also hope to have a one night Camp in Wolferton. Scouts is open to
Boys and Girls aged 10.5 to 14. We meet most Thursdays during Term
time from 7.30 to 9.00 at 1st Hunstanton Scout Hut, York Road,
Hunstanton. For further information please call Mark Larman on
07775 620079.
A COLOURFUL ARRIVAL TO
HUNSTANTON
The flower mix used is called appropriately “Jour de Fete” - or
JOHN SMITH
“Holiday Celebration” and is basically a mix of Cosmos, Corn
Flowers, and Zinnias which given reasonable weather should provide
When driving through France in the summer it is not uncommon to
suddenly come across a small patch or even whole fields of brightly a carpet of multi-coloured flowers to welcome both residents and
coloured flowers. Some years ago when farmers were paid to take visitors to our town from the end of June through to October.
fields out of crop cultivation – set aside – French farmers decided to There is also a very serious environmental reason for this project as
brighten up the countryside by sowing flower mixes especially on the flowers act like a magnet to butterflies and bees, which are really
roadside verges or patches of waste land. At the beginning of this in need of all the help they can get. Any interested beekeepers, school
scheme the Hunters Associations and the French government teachers, farmers or allotment holders should please contact John
subsidized the seed, for what became known as Jachere Fleurie. Smith (Jsmithhunstanton@aol.com) for further information. It would
(Hunters Flowers). Although the subsidies have now been reduced be a marketing dream to produce Sunny Hunny Honey!
many farmers and civil gardeners have continued with the scheme.
A range of specialist flower mixes is now produced with selected
strains of cultivated flowers, which adapt well to poorer soils and can For The Future
survive without irrigation. use of fertilizers, or sprays. by Wendell Berry
Environmentalists now give their widespread support to this project
as they have proved to not only to give protection to game birds – Planting trees early in spring,
especially partridges, but also to insect life, notably butterflies and we make a place for birds to sing
struggling bee populations. in time to come. How do we know?
In what is believed to be the first use of Jachere Fleurie in this They are singing here now.
country, Hunstanton is trying out a large area of these cultivated flower There is no other guarantee
mixes on the verges on the entrance to the town. After a successful that singing will ever be.
small-scale trial last year on a plot at the top of Redgate Hill a much
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