Category: Summer 2012

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Saturday, 4 August 2012

Explorer Scout Camp Diary: Day One – 4 August 2012

In the first instalment of my daily Explorer Camp Diary, our unit drives to Devon, is greeted by miserable weather, but attempts to set up camp regardless. I learn the joy of tea, meet a lovely Scout group from Yorkshire, and make a fuss about the size of the tent I was lent.

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Saturday, 4 August 2012

Off to Explorer Camp, Devon – 4 August 2012

I have, at last, finished packing my bags for my Explorer Scout Unit’s (ESU) week-long camp to Barnstaple, departing Maidenhead this (Saturday) morning. Though not a million miles from home, it is a long...

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Saturday, 28 July 2012

London 2012 Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder – 27 July 2012

‘The centre of the world’ is a media hyperbole used too frequently to describe something that people from around the world are perceived to be focussed on. But last night’s breathtaking Olympic Opening Ceremony...

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Friday, 27 July 2012

Ding Dong: Ringing in the Olympics – 27 July 2012

Work No 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes hardly sounds like the snappiest name for an artwork, but it is in fact...

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Thursday, 26 July 2012

London 2012: 24 Hours To Go – 26 July 2012

In precisely 24 hours, the Olympic Opening Ceremony is due to get under way, as the world’s eyes (an expected 4.8 billion people will watch) turn to London to see our capital city stage...

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Sunday, 22 July 2012

Bike Ride to Windsor – 22 July 2012

Making hay of the good weather, the four of us (my brother Matthew is currently away in France with the Taize community) thought we’d take an afternoon’s bike ride to Windsor. We decided to...

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Saturday, 21 July 2012

The Tree of Light – 21 July 2012

As everyone knows, 2012’s London Olympics begin next week with the Opening Ceremony on Friday (27 July), though the games themselves get underway this Wednesday with Women’s Football. However, what slightly fewer people are...

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Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Olympic Torch Reaches Maidenhead – 10 July 2012

Hover over pictures for captions or keep reading for a video of the Olympic Torch Relay going straight through the town. For weeks, I’ve been watching the Torchcam live stream and looking at daily...