Life as it happens
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 […]
Arrival and check-in was quite unstressful, I was greeted by a mad Scot complete with kilt and am a proud owner of an IST necker which is lurid to say the least. I foolishly volunteered to help in the canteen and ended working a 6 hour shift restocking serverys good fun and people but hard […]
Today was the day that we had to head to the North Weald Check in Centre and register at the Jamboree. So in true fashion we departed early in the morning and headed there via a petrol station for snacks and fuel and then a quick stop in a Tescos supermarket to see if we […]