There aren’t many occasions for a Scout to wear a posh suit, shirt and tie without getting mud over them so when the opportunity arises I’m more than happy to spend a little bit more for a demure evening than I would on an exuberant weekend camp.
This particular SSAGO Ball has special significance to me, it will be my Birthday this weekend. I’m not particularly fond of Birthdays, and certainly not this one. To add to my melancholy I’m also going to be handing over my position as Publicity Officer. I’ve enjoyed the challenges this role has presented to me and the situations it raised, I’m going to miss them....read more »
My second ever SSAGO Ball Attendance, and my second visit in recent memory to Liverpool. Arrival was planned for around 6pm on Friday, I’d be driving up in the Millennium Canary to meet Laura at Lime St Liverpool Station. What we didn’t know was that there are infact 3 entrances, I arrived at Lord Nelson Street entrance ( 90 minutes late due to traffic around Junction 8 of the M6 and near 18-20 ) and Laura was at the Lime Street Entrance....read more »
A completely satisfying event! Started slow with the SSAGO Exec handover meeting where I received ‘the baton’ so to speak of presiding as the National Publicity Officer. I knew there would be a fair amount of meetings involved which most of the time I can sit through and entertain myself via sporadic humorous (well I like to think so) interruptions. Unfortunately on this particular occasion I had to put on my business cap on and listen as the rest of the new Exec seem to want to take things far too seriously. ...read more »
