Jamboree Countdown: 3 Days to Go – 20 July 2011
What was once a huge, three-character-long number, is now just ‘3’. That’s the number of days there are until Saturday, when I (along with the rest of the Berkshire Unit) will be dropped off...
What was once a huge, three-character-long number, is now just ‘3’. That’s the number of days there are until Saturday, when I (along with the rest of the Berkshire Unit) will be dropped off...
This Week’s Photo This week’s picture is brilliantly unusual: an overhead shot of 6.4KG of sausages being cooked for hungry Berkshire Jamboreers mouths. With just five weeks to go until our trip begins, this...
This weekend saw the Berkshire Jamboree Unit meet up once again for a training camp, but this one was special: it was the last time we’ll share tents before the Jamboree itself.
You may have noticed a recent spike in Jamboree-related tweets and blogs, as the countdown to Sweden ticks away ever more loudly. With just over four months to go, last night I launched a...
My followers on Twitter will know that I’ve just returned from a weekend camp at 79th Reading, training for my Jamboree expedition. For the first time since the selection weekend, I met new fellow...
Today, I’ve been in Thatcham, on the other side of Reading, on another of our Jamboree training sessions. The 2011 Jamboree will be a three-week camp, where 30,000 Scouts, Explorers, young people, and their...
The Lions Club of Maidenhead are the local branch of a brilliant worldwide organisation, and – as their biggest fundraiser – they hold a swimarathon annually at the Magnet Leisure Centre. Now in its 26 year,...
Thought I’d just keep the blog up-to-date! This weekend I was in Bath, at their YMCA, for an event in preparation for my Scout Jamboree adventure. It was free to attend, but there were...
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