Blog entries relating to my Scout activities including many Jamboree’s, camps, troop nights and trials and tribulations along the way
Well it’s arrived already! The hotly anticipated (tongue firmly in cheek you understand) East Birmingham Gangshow. Today we spent what felt like an eternity transforming an unassuming school hall into the stage for the show. The caretaker actually commented that she never sees that much stuff in the hall or the hall being that tidy. I’ll be […]
On Saturday I was appointed as Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts) in Spitfire District. This is exciting in a number of ways, absolutely terrifying in others, and makes me a little bit sad. I’ve now got the ability to organise any event I want to for the Scouts in the District, I can in theory let […]
I’ve been back from Bucks100fest for a little under a day now, and I’m starting work again on my other projects and getting back into the Jamboree Stuff I need to get done. My Scouting summer started with a weeks summer camp at Peak 2010, and while the kids did seem to have a good […]
The benches only fit in one place in my motor so I need them first and the kids keep bringing me personal kit, oh dear.
It’s activity day on the Nile subcamp at Peak Jamboree and the 141 are running Kubb as our activity since Fitz lent us his set. Hopefully the weather will hold out for us and the guides next door won’t distract me too much.