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3. Camp gateway With the ability to do different kinds of lashings, you can have a go at some quite ambitious pioneering. These gateways can add some individuality, be it for a Beaver Fun Day, Scout Summer Camp or your own Big Adventure event. You could get parents involved in making a gateway for the kids, or have a contest to construct the most creative gateway. It’s never been a better time to ‘make an entrance’.
2. Diagonal lashing • Begin with a timber hitch to draw the spars together. • Pull the knot at right angles and wrap the rope three times around the spars, keeping the rope tight all the time. • Wrap three more turns, this time over the timber hitch. • Apply two frapping turns to pull tight the rope turns. • Finish off with a clove hitch.
more info For more skills and projects (tailored to the Scout section Programme) see the Scout Handbook from www.scouts. org.uk/shop (price £8). For basic instructions on Scouting Skills (including clove and timber hitches), you can find a series of factsheets in the Information Centre catalogue at www.scouts.org.uk/infocentre
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