Thursday 24 November 2011

New Discounts.

Hey there Patrolettes, please visit the discounts page either via the tab to the right or the following link, there are now discounts with 112 Church Street and SubLine.

http://bear-patrol.blogspot.com/p/discounts.html 

Tuesday 8 November 2011

Sunday 23 October 2011

XXL "PATROL" 24th September 2011

XXL "PATROL"
Bear-Patrol outing to
XXL (London) on
Saturday 24th September 2011 was BP's second organised trip there. The pick-up location was The Camelford Arms (the 'Toe'), we then headed to the XXL Nightclub in London. After a great night out we were picked up @ 4am in XXL car park and headed back to Brighton.
There were 2 minibuses supplied (free of charge) by Peter Moxom of London Hire as the outing was a Charity Event and all profits from the ticket sales went to the Sussex Beacon!

Many thanks to Peter for the use of the buses and also to Graham & Sharon for driving them.






Sunday 9 October 2011

Upcoming events!

The future events page now has details about numerous events, the most recently added are details about Bear-Patrol's Team for the Sussex Beacon Half Marathon in February 2012, please go and take a look.

Thursday 6 October 2011

Update - 6/10/11

Six more certificates have been added to the Charity Support page for money raised by group members. Look out for the future events being updated soon................

Tuesday 13 September 2011

Website updates!

The future events page has been updated to feature the Santa Patrol event in December.

The Charity Support page now has our certificates from past fundraising.

Sussex Beacon Cabaret Patrol

A group of Patrolettes attended the Sussex Beacon Cabaret to show their support on Monday 8th August 2011 at the Sallis Benney Theatre in Brighton

David Raven a.k.a. Maisie Trollette and Miss Jason were our glamorous hosts for an evening of music and laughter in aid of The Sussex Beacon.

Guest Artistes included:     
Jennie Castell
Jamie Watson
Jason Lee
Krissie Du Cann
Pooh la May
Tammy Twinkle

with Josh Mills – Musical accompaniment


There was also a raffle in aid of the Sussex Beacon that raised in excess of £600
Money from the ticket sales will also be going to the Beacon but the total from this is not known.

A fantastic evening of entertainment, thank you to everyone who gave their time to put the show on. 

A few images have been added below that were taken on the evening.











Wednesday 7 September 2011

RVT Sports Day Patrol

Bear-Patrol took part in the Royal Vauxhall Tavern Sports Day on Bank Holiday Monday 29th August 2011. 

A minibus was supplied for free to take us there & back by BP member Peter Moxom and
a picnic was donated by Barry Watson of the Seattle Hotel. BP members attending each gave £25 per person and all of this was donated to the Sussex Beacon.
 

We even won 2 awards.............
- Best vegetarian Scotch Egg
- Loudest Supporters

Word back from the Sussex Beacon is that we raised £647.22 for them.

Here are a few of the photos from the day.

















ThunderBears are go! Pride in Brighton & Hove 2011

Bear-Patrol entered the Brighton & Hove Pride Parade.


On Saturday 13th August 2011 beginning at Marine Parade and after winding its way through the streets of Brighton finally finishing at Preston Park.


The theme was 'Out of this World', we decided upon our own take on the Thunderbirds - The ThunderBears with Lady Bear-nelope driven by the faithful Parker and pursued by the evil Hood.


A few of the hundreds of photo's taken below.




















Camp Bear-Patrol

This was our first annual Bear-Patrol camping trip. A group of Patrolettes visited Hammonds Wood near Catsfield, East Sussex. We were there from Friday 24th June - Sunday 26th June 2011.


A very quirky place, not a campsite that is open to the public, it is a wood that Joc Hare bought and decided to rejuvinate. In return for free camping, Patrolettes helped Joc for a few hours on the Saturday and Sunday mornings with caring for the woods.


However that was where the Bear-Patrol twist came in, Patrolettes paid their £10 per night to camp and £10 towards the food that was laid on. Other Bear-Patrol members who couldn't attend were encouraged to sponsor 'Campers' to do the work in the wood.


Bear-Patrol were pleased their efforts raised £500 for the Sussex Beacon.


We stayed in our own tents, then cooked and ate in the main camp area.


See this article about Hammonds Woods that Bear-Patrol member Neil Jewitt wrote.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/oct/17/camping-free-working-holiday-east-sussex





Below is the table in the main camp area set up ready for lunch.



We had never had breakfast cooked on a flaming (literally) wheelbarrow!



These are the saplings grown by Joc for planting around the wood.


Patrolettes helped with weeding, remulching and putting new cages around existing saplings to help them on their way.


Plenty of mulch to shift................... a good half a dozen truck-loads!


You couldn't visit Hammonds Wood and not take a dip in the bath-tub nestling on a tree branch, running hot water and a fantastic woodland view.




In the evenings after a hearty meal at the long table in the main camp we moved down to the camping field where we sat around the camp fire laughing, enjoying the odd tipple and toasting marshmallows.






It was very satisfying to know that we were helping maintain something that could be there for hundreds of years.