PREVIOUS COMPETITION - Now Expired: Win a copy of Scouting Skills
Scouting Skills: The Complete Guide is the new Scouting book to launch this spring
Scouting Resources has teamed up with Random House Children's Booksto give away a brand new copy of Scouting Skills: A Complete Guide, featuring a foreword by Chief Scout, Bear Grylls. This exciting new book will be published next month and is packed with everything you need to know to have an outdoor adventure!
Scouting Skills: The Complete Guide is due to be published in March 2010 and is a comprehensive and full colour authorised guide to Scouting knowledge, experience and expertise about all things outdoors.
Sneak Peek
You can have a sneak peek at the book by viewing the extract kindly given by Random House at: http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/extracts/scoutingskills_eBook/
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Winner
The first Quick Tip pulled "out of the hat" on the 1st March 2010 was from Kaa of St. Paul's Barnfield Scouts. Kaa will be sent a brand new copy of the book by Random House Children's Books. (Terms and conditions apply.)
Thank you to Kaa for his quick tip (wear two pairs of socks with your hiking boots to prevent blisters) and to all the other entrants to the competition.
Competition
Scouting Resources has teamed up with Random House Children's Books to give away a brand new copy of the Scouting Skills book.
Scouting Skills contains a wealth of information on a variety of Scouting related topics and includes a Quick Tips section which contains some excellent advice such as "Wipe a white candle over the blades of a saw or edge of an axe to prevent rust forming" and "A dixie lid full of conkers at the door of a tent keeps the spiders out".
All you had to do to enter and be in with a chance of getting your hands on this excellent book was to send an email giving us your Quick Tip
The first Quick Tip pulled "out of the hat" on the 1st March 2010 was from Kaa of St. Paul's Barnfield Scouts. Kaa will be sent a brand new copy of the book by Random House Children's Books. (Terms and conditions apply.)
Book Review
Scouting Resources was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the book and it looks set to be a best seller!
The book is lavishly illustrated throughout and is cleanly laid out yet packs a wealth of information onto every page. The topics cover just about every aspect of the exciting life that Scouting people lead and will be an excellent addition to everyone's personal collection, be they experienced 'old hands' or those just joining the Scouting family.
With over 250 pages of full colour photos, diagrams and illustrations and well written text, Scouting Skills has advice to offer for every occasion. The information is bang up to date and detailed, without over burdening the reader with too many facts and figures. Each topic has its own chapter with some excellent links between chapters so you can dip in and out to read up on hiking before you hit those hills or perhaps have a quick revision of your compass work before a Scout competition.
Jacqui Bailey has done an excellent job with this book and I would highly recommend it to anyone in (or out!) of Scouting. What are you waiting for? Preorder your copy now!
For more information you can view the press release
Terms and Conditions
Only entries by email will be accepted. This competition closes on the 1st March 2010. The winner will be chosen at random from all the entries collected by the 1st March 2010, and will be notified within 28 days by email, post or telephone. The winner will be sent a copy of the book direct from the publishers, Random House Children's Books. The webmaster's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. All entrants will be subject to the Scout Law and Promise. Prizes must be taken as offered and are not transferable or exchangeable for a cash equivalent. Only one entry per person. This competition is open to all except employees of Random House Children's Books. The promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the promoter by the relevant closing date for any reason. Entries are taken as acceptance of these terms and conditions. The name and town of the winner will be published on Scouting Resources.
