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Jump the rope or ultimate wipe out with a Scottish twist.

With thanks to https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/programme.php?action=view&id=28241

Resources

Rope - thick, about 2 meters long, with a monkey fist at the end
handful of glowsticks
String
A leader who can cope with being dizzy

Instructions

t's long been said that a mysterious creature can be found in the highlands of Scotland, mainly between St. Andrews Day and Burns' Night each year. This creature, the Haggis, can be hunted throughout the season and is often served as a dish, along with neeps and tatties, at a traditional Burns Supper.

Being a creature for the highlands, it has adapted to it's natural surrounding. To make it easy to run around the hilltops - as Haggi (yes, that's the plural!) frequently do - the legs on the left hand side of the creature are longer than those on the right, allowing them to run in a clockwise direction with ease. This explains why they're not often found in other, less hilly, parts of the UK, as the terrain just doesn't suit them.

Now, before you go hunting for Haggi, you have to be aware of the speed of the things - they don't hang around! You want to catch the Haggis, but it shouldn't catch you...

The classic game of 'Ultimate Wipeout'. The participants stand in a circle, facing inwards towards a Leader. The Leader then spins a rope, at ground level, allowing it to extend so that the participants have to jump over it. If hit by the rope, the participant is out. The game continues until the last youth member stands!

HAGGIS JUMP AT NIGHT

The same as above but (1) attach some glow sticks to the rope and (2) turn out the lights.

Be ready to turn on on the lights fast to identify the caught Scout

Tags

• burns night
• game
• St Andrew's Day

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