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Jamboree 2007

Managing a Kit List (The Geeky Way)

So normally I would get up the morning before camp and pack my gear on the fly, no kit list. Just grab a bag and stuff a few changes of clothes into it. In fact some of the gear would probably be in a pile from the last camp. However the Jamboree requires a more […]

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Yet More Packing

It’s at this point I’m starting to wonder if everything I need will fit into the cargo bag. Even after brutally cutting down my list trying to pack the gear required to live in a tent whilst working long 10 hour days. One last thing the raft race was cancelled so we spent the better […]

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Jamboree 2007

Packing, Packing and Some More Packing

As I intend to start heading towards the jamboree site on Friday all I have done today is pack, and excluding the time at the raft race it is all I intend to do tomorrow.

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Jamboree 2007

And so the post deluge begins

According to my calculations there are now just over 10 days to go till I have to report at the the North Weald check in desk with enough gear to survive three weeks of tented accomodation … and I havn’t even started packing!  I have a kit list which will be posted here in due […]

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Less than a month to go

32,000 Young People and Leaders, 8000 International Service Team, up to 12,000 day visitors, 29 days till the bulk of the IST start arriving. And I have no idea what I am going to be doing. The latest site map was release onto the UK Contingent website and the place is huge, when they said […]