After a thoroughly relaxing nights sleep I felt truly ready to take on this leviathan of a Jamboree. First port of call was breakfast, served by the horrendously bad Sedexo whom served at …read more »
Who wants to Party?
World Scout Jamboree has begun!
I’ve finally made it to the World Scout Jamboree! I’ve been counting down to this ever since I went to
My first day started at around 4am, a quick shower, pack the last little bits in the car, a cup of tea and setting off. I arrived at North Weald Aerodrome at 6:30am to place my car in it’s residence for the next 3 weeks. Not even having arrived at the main site already I was off to a good start, first person I meet was from Germany, and they were emerging from their camper van having driven through the night with the extra kit for his Unit.
…read more »Allstar’s Map
Behold, I present Allstar’s Mischievous Neckered Pedestrian Camper’s Landscape Overview of the World Scout Jamboree. This little map shows Hylands park in photo format from the sky with the planned individual locations of the Tents used by the Jamboree ( ie not Unit or Staff tents ). Whilst there maybe some changes from the plan most will be in the correct location so its a useful guide at least.
…read more »‘Summer of Love’ Event
It’s two thousand and seven, the Scouting Organisation is 100 years old and celebrations are happening throughout the entire year to celebrate this amazing achievement. This year also signifies the 40th anniversary of the Student Scout And Guide Organisation. …read more »
The Jamboree Map reloaded
A lot of people have seen the Jamboree campsite map posted on the Official website. I didn’t like that it didn’t give much perspective of how large the site really is so I composed this map with the above as an overlay and satellite imagery as the base.
…read more »Buckinghamshire Centenary Camp
Many moons ago a Buckinghamshire Guide Unit, Hughenden Valley Guides asked for my assistance leading at the Scouting Centenary Camp in Bucks. I quite happily accepted the offer for 2 reasons; the most important being ‘fun’ and the second as a tale for afterdark on a Scout camp in the future. …read more »
Funky Guide for Boys
If you’ve been fortunate enough to have been told there is a rather cool site called …read more »