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Ok Becky, unfortunately you can’t handle the banter This will have to be a quick one as I only have a few minutes. Last night was the conclusion to the Culture Festival, and as Becky has already detailed that I shall not be covering it. However, this morning we completed the People activity zone/base/kotch. Waiting … Continue reading »

Becky here! First of all i would like to put out a message to one Edward Maclean… YOU ARE ONE DEAD MAN MISTER!! okay so last night was umm…odd. there was an event on for the camp in camp hosts which meant that the entire jamboree went down to the main stage for a massive … Continue reading »

Today is culture festival! An excuse to walk around the site in glorious sunshine sampling food from around the world And boy, is it good. Today, I’ve eaten Armenian Bruschetta, Swedish pancakes, drunk South African redbush tea, had some Brazilian chocolate, partaken of French canapes, had some dank Carribean split peas and tamarind and much … Continue reading »

The Jamboree site is a buzzing hive of activity, full of people having a good time, whether organized or not. Most mornings, activities are organized for all Scouts on the site, who come and do things in one of the five activity locations: People, Earth, Dream, Quest and Global Development. As vast and expansively brilliant … Continue reading »

Hi again, Its Becky. i could get to use to this media correspondant thing, means i get to spend as much time as i like talking to you guys (and unlimited facebook) without a gazillion other people peering over my shoulder all the time anyways onto today’s activities… Today was another scorcher and this time … Continue reading »

Loved the sun today really hot maybe to much but is a lot better than all the rain we have been having. Went up the huge tower today, quite scary when your high in the air and the whole thing is shaking under your feet from the people bellow. However the view from the top … Continue reading »

*YAWWWWWN*Last night the remainer of the unit that had gone to camp in camp and returned successfully, went on to complete the next module, called Dream. As it can be assumed it was to take part during the night. Basically it consisted of wandering around a lantern lit forest with your patrol for several hours. … Continue reading »

Our patrol, recently self christened McGill’s Mystery Machine by Luke McGillicuddy (under Sarah Glover) has just returned from an amazing 2-3 days of chilled, then supremely relaxing Swedish nature in Camp In Camp. We have all agreed that we have had the best last two days of us all, having really bonded as a patrol … Continue reading »

So yesterday the entire unit was supposed to go off site to another camp in sweden hosted by swedish scouts who could not make it to the jamboree. however when i say supposed to i mean that one patrol only left today. We ourselves were considering abandoning the entire trip as swedish organisation is practically … Continue reading »

Wow! what an amazing few days its been. Having been completely soaked for the majority of the past week, the sun is finally out and shining in Sweden, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Just arrived back from Camp in Camp, and the scenery there was spectacular, I know people always says … Continue reading »

Now why am I not surprised that Joseph has found some home comforts , I just hope he is trying out the international cuisine also….. A small corner of Sweden is offering UK Scouts a taste of home. Scouts from Yorkshire have built a Medieval Castle………. Tom, Joseph and Edward from Solihull were munching through … Continue reading »

Our camp looks really good now with Adams gate and many flags. A lot of people are taking pictures of it. Hats off to Adam. We’ve met many people from different countries and swapped alot of badges. Looking forward to opening ceremony tonight after amazing Copenhagen! Matt Brookes

It has already been an amazing few days, and it seems it is only going to get better from here on in! Over the past 3 days we have been in Copenhagen, visited Tivoli Gardens, been on a speedboat trip, had a very wet, cold and windy beach party, and have explored the capital of … Continue reading »

I really never expected the jambo site to get so big so fast!! Autumn town is only a small part of the actual camp yet its massive! Every scout we’ve met so far has been great , its kinda awkward to be sayingt HI! so many times in the space of 5 minutes, sometimes you … Continue reading »