Posts relating to the 21st World Scout Jamboree
Steph, Pete, and Katie came to visit the Jamboree today. As I was on the late I met up with them and had a spot of afternoon tea at the Austrian kaffehaus. Before I had to head back to work we took a turn round the one world garden with it’s underground water feature.
The view from my tent reveals blue sky. Yippee no rain.
The opening ceremony yesterday left me staggered I didn’t cry as some did but over the afternoon the scale of what we are involved in began to sink in. It rained last night so the mud was bad again this morning, our little beach on the island hub was completely flooded out. The facilities tent […]
The rest of the world arrived today and tonight there are 40000 people under canvas in Hylands Park. Tonight was as always a party in the adult sub camp and we were busy all night in the facilities tent. After finishing at 10.30 we headed to the hub to join the fun.
UK Contingent Arrive! Today the Explorer scouts and unit leaders from the UK arrived, so it rained and then it rained some more. The view is from the facilities tent where I work looking across the island hub during some of the really heavy rain. In the morning the rest of the world starts to arrive here […]