1st Strand Purple peak challenge
1st Strand Scouts and cubs went up to the GB sign as part of the Purple peak challenge.
It was a great day out on the mountain! Enjoyed by all and there was ice cream when we were done!

On the weekend of the 18th and 19th May 2013 we went to plant cedar trees in the Cederberg.
We took some Cedar tree seedlings along.
On Saturday Morning we visited C Louis Leipoldt’s grave.
We then did some 4X4’ing to get to Heuningvlei. The route took us through the area that burnt during the large veld fire that burnt for 3 weeks in the Cederberg in the beginning of 2013.
Passing the area where we would be planting the cedar trees later. The trees on the skyline are cedar trees that were burnt by the fire.
On the way back from planting our 4 cedar trees we visited the 2 trees that Deon and Rob planted in 2012, but they had been destroyed by the fire.
After we had planted our 4 cedar trees at Heuningvlei we were treated to lunch by Bushmanskloof resort. When we finished with lunch we headed off to the house where we would be staying the night.
Some of us went exploring, got a little dirty and reached new heights:
We spent some time organising the cedar trees that we would plant on Sunday.
Early on the Sunday morning we all loaded up our cedar trees and headed up to Boontjieskloof.
In Boontjieskloof we started looking for suitable places to plant the little cedar trees but we also had time to do some exploring.
Here are two of the 32 trees we planted in Boontjieskloof.
Once we planted the trees we had lunch and headed down the mountain. When we got to the house we packed up and left for home. Some of us were tired but satisfied.
On cresting Pakhuis pass we were shown a spectacular sunset!
What a great finish to a wonderful weekend!
We attended Upton shield again this year. It was fun and we made new friends.
And the winners are…….