Located on the car park is a small white building, affectionally known as the ‘Wendy House’ by the Management Committee which contains a variety of activities for groups using Hardiman Fields.
NEW FOR 2024 – Soft archery (please note that this needs to be booked in advance of your event)
GARDEN GAMES
Pick up Sticks
Limbo
Dominoes
Quiots
Croquet
Giant Jenga
Darts
Connect 4
Chess and Draughts (the pieces are in the trough in the Barn) but the boards are in the Wendy House
Quidditch – includes rules, broom sticks, snitch, bludgers, hoops
TREFOIL GUILD (white boxes)
Several years ago, the various Trefoil Guilds around Warwickshire were challenged to produce activity boxes for our campsite. These have been a welcome bonus to our campers, and contain the following activities
Compass Game
Promise Challenge (please note that this uses a former Promise and references the Queen and ‘Love my God’)
How to Hoist a Flag
Sudoku
Patrol Activities
Indoor Games
Campsite activities
Finally, four boxes of craft materials, just in case you find yourself short …
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Walks around Shipston
Night lights
Bat Detector
Water slide & hose, Paddling pool
Bivouacs & Cargo netting
Rope making
Garden canes (mini pioneering)
Circus skills & Stilts
Brass rubbing
Orienteering pegs
OTHER GAMES
Plastic balls | Wobble boards | Tower of Hanoi |
Foam hopscotch | Hook a duck | Horse racing |
Frisbee golf, flags or buckets | Space hoppers | Hula hoops |
Bear jigsaw | Bats & balls | French boules |
Blow up football goals | Horse shoe throwing | Twister |
Safety glasses | Golf clubs | Blindfolds |
PIONEERING
Pioneering Poles are kept on rack beside barn – please be aware that the poles have been on site for some time and we would recommend that they are not used for high level bridges and structures
WATER ACTIVITIES
Ropes, poles and plastic drums for raft building are available in the barn. However, it is the Guider‘s/Scouter’s responsibility to provide –
Safety equipment (helmets and lifejackets etc.)
A qualified person to supervise the activity with the appropriate permit for the classification of water at the time of the activity
Regrettably, during the Covid19 pandemic our landing stages were damaged and are no longer safe to use. It is our ongoing hope that we shall replace these, but at this stage they are not available (Hardiman Fields May 2023)