Rochdale Guides on the Radio

Guide Leaders Leanne Chorlton and Emily Foster with Guides Emily (10) and Holly Forshaw (11) at BBC Radio Lancashire

Rochdale Guide Leaders Leanne Chorlton and Emily Foster with Rochdale Guides Emily (10) and Holly Forshaw (11) were invited by Girlguiding North West England to speak on BBC Radio Lancashire on Tuesday 31 May about ‘Guides Off The Grid’, a large scale adventurous activity weekend for Guides in Ormskirk in early May.

Leanne Chorlton said: “It was an interesting experience being on the radio, and exiting for the girls.”

John Gillmore interviewed them on BBC Radio Lancashire: “Leaders Leanne, Emily and guides Emily and Holly Forshaw are here to talk about an amazing challenging weekend when they went on with ‘Guides Off The Grid’ earlier this month.”

John started off by asking Leanne how she got involved as a Guide Leader.

Leanne: “I got involved by starting with brownies and just worked my way through until I was a leader. I get so much out of it and we get good support from parents.”

John asked tyem all about the weekend:

Emily and Holly said: “We have never been to anything like this before, we enjoyed the challenges, especially Its-A-Knock-Out. Guides Off The Grid was a great for making friends.”

Leanne said: “Over 400 girls from across the North West were at Guides off the Grid. The girls were challenged to switch of all technology and get back to basics through a variety of different activities.”

On the action-packed weekend the girls completed adventurous activities including; high ropes course, climbing wall, water activities, rifle shooting, archery and abseiling.

The weekend finished with all members taking part in an Its-A-Knock-Out challenge, where the girls had to work in teams to complete an inflatable assault course.