On Wednesday it was the cubs promise night!! For doing the cubs promise you get a membership badge ,a Scotland country badge ,a Stewartry area badge , a glenkens patrol badge and a Galloway area badge. The words of the promise ,if you are wondering,are written below.

I promise to do my best
To do my duty to God and the Queen
To help other people
And keep the cub scout law

The cub scout law is :

A cub scout always does his best
Thinks of others before himself
And does a good turn every day

That night was also the night you had to bring in your camp form.
I had a good time!!!

The Falkirk Wheel

Yesterday we went to the Falkirk Wheel which is the worlds one and only rotating boat lift which was constructed as part of the Millenium Link Project of which the objective was to revive Scotland's canals. Overall it cost £84 million ,although the wheel only cost 17.5 million. Surprisingly it only uses 1.5 kilowatts for one rotation. That's the same as two showers or eight kettles. The time it takes for on rotation is four-and-a-half minutes
Here is a panorama picture from the bottom



It works using little gears that rotate around a big, immobile gear. To keep the weight of the gondolas in equilibrium it uses the Archimedes principle. Say that there is fifty tons of water in each gondola and a barge weighing twenty-five tons drives in. It displaces its own weight in water and then hydraulic gates are put up to stop more water getting in. The hooks are a counter-weight to keep it going. The maximum weight it can take is equal to that of a hundred fully grown male African elephants. It took us two hours to get there and the best bit was going on the Falkirk Wheel . There was a nearby playpark which had big slides which were great fun.



It was an exciting day!!!!!!!

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Yesterday we went to Dumfries to see the new Indiana Jones film at the cinema!!The film is set in the 1950's .The basic storyline was about a mysterious crystal skull which Indiana finds. But the Russians are after him and time is running out to restore the skull to its original place... . I really enjoyed this film and my favorite bit was when the atom bomb was tested on this village with clay people in it. Indiana Jones survives by hiding in a lead-lined fridge.
Here is a picture of us outside the cinema

Seven wonders of the world

Yesterday we watched a documentary called Seven wonders of the world. It was made in 1998 and was about the seven ancient wonders. My favorite bit was about The Pharos Of Alexandria because it contains the mystery of how they made such a powerful beam of light. By the way the only ancient wonder still standing is the pyramids of Egypt, and they aren't going anytime soon. Here's a list of all the ancient wonders.

The Pyramids
The Statue Of Zeus
The Tomb Of King Mausolus
The Pharos Of Alexandria
The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
The Colossus Of Rhodes
The Temple Of Artemis

I thought this was great!!

Cubs fun day

Yesterday i went to the cubs fun day! There was beach football , sand sculpting and rockets (although someone miscalculated and the tide was in , so everything had to be done elsewhere). In the five a side football the Glenkens cubs football team made it to the final but were beaten by Glenluce 3-0. The best game was Glenkens vs Twynham which the Glenkens won 6-0!
After that was the sand sculpting. The glenkens made an octopus. I had an idea which made it a whole lot better : shells. There was pointy shells in between the ordinary shells to make it look cool. After that was the rockets which you use a pump to launch which was fun!!! I really enjoyed myself!!!!

Loch doon

Yesterday we went to loch doon! There is a sunken castle which you usually can't see.
I flew my kite on a big rock near the sunken castle and it was fun.
There was a boat rental but we didn't try it.It was fun and sunny.
Here is a picture what we think is the merrick.

Cubs jumble sale

Yesterday was the day for collecting stuff for the jumble sale! The cubs went around Dalry looking for bags of stuff left out for the jumble sale. When we got to the cubs center we had to help with unloading. The whole of New Galloway helped and each load didn't last long.

My new kite

Yesterday i flew my new kite! It is a stunt kite that i got a few days ago when gran came up again. It was really fun! My favorite stunt is The Infinitum Loop(aka: the figure of eight.) To perform one you pull right,wait a second, then pull left.