Blog entries relating to my Scout activities including many Jamboree’s, camps, troop nights and trials and tribulations along the way
It’s BrumVenture this weekend and I’m hauling the tents for the kids from the 141st Birmingham to Pikes Pool. Thankfully I’d planned to take Friday off so I’m not trying to cycle there in the rush hour traffic with 5 tents and my kit. The photo was taken after a test run from picking the tents […]
I’ve been working on a reasonably exciting project of late. Sort of an extension in the work i’ve been doing for various Scouting events using Wordpress over the years. I’ve been building a booking system. Not just any booking system, this is a purpose for the event booking system, i’m hoping to expand into a fully fledged […]
Well the news was finally in yesterday, my second attempt to join the UK Contingent for the World Scout Moot in 2013 lay in tatters as I recived a very generic email. Dear applicant, Thank you for your recent application to join the Contingent Management Team for the World Scout Moot. I regret to inform […]
Last year I applied to the UK Scout association to lead the UK contingent to the World Scout Moot in Canada during 2013. Completing the application form seemed to take ages, the preparation for the interview took days and days. In the end it was not to be and I was informed I had not been successful by […]
It’s been just over a week since we got home from this years Spitfire Scout District Camp which I named Spitfire 24. Â I have only just about recovered. Some time in the way back when I had this idea. Â I had seen good things about Gilwell 24 a camp for Explorer Scouts that runs for […]