Climbing at Reading Climbing Centre – 10 April 2014
Andrew Burdett joins his Explorer Scout Unit for an evening at Reading Climbing Centre, scaling the impressive 14-metre high wall.
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The Last Day of Summer – 31 August 2013
‘All good things must come to an end.’ And, thus, it is only right and fair that this extraordinarily good summer has drawn to a close. Today, on this final day of August, I’m...
Explorer Scout Camp Diary: Day Five – 8 August 2012
Now ever so slightly nearer the end of the camp than the beginning, the Dragons Explorer Unit start Day Five looking forward to the surfing lesson scheduled for 2:00pm. The day gets better still, with an evening spent in Lynmouth – and Josh, Ed, and I find ourselves with just eight minutes to get down the hill from Lynton, risking missing the minibus if we’re late.
Furze Platt Scouts at 100 – 28 September 2011
In 2007, Scouting celebrated its hundredth birthday, and my Scout Group (Furze Platt, Maidenhead) celebrated thirty years of its Scout headquarters on Cookham Road. Tonight, at St Peter’s (a church with which Furze Platt...
Photo of the Week – 7 August 2011
NB: This edition of ‘Photo of the Week’ was posted after returning from the Jamboree. This Week’s Photo I don’t know the name of this guy. I don’t know his age. I don’t know...
Jamboree 2011: Camp in Camp – 31 July to 1 August 2011
The Berkshire Unit are one of the first units to return from ‘Camp in Camp’ where each of the four patrols headed off-site, on coaches bound for unknown destinations, to join Scout groups across...
Photo of the Week – 31 July 2011
NB: This edition of ‘Photo of the Week’ was posted after returning from the Jamboree. This Week’s Photo One of my favourite photos I’ve ever taken, this shot of fellow Berkshire Jamboreer Daniel Thomas...
Photo of the Week – 12 June 2011
This Week’s Photo Once again, I’m sorry. It’s another sunset. And yes, it was taken on my phone so there’s some horrible lens flare. But this was the week that was the week when...
