Topic: Record

Last weekend, J-W took me on the 1st Shalford Scout Group's Family Camp.

So two more nights away!!

So that's now 34 nights away.

We got wet on the Saturday as it rained on and off all of the day.  J-W got some interesting scars from testing out how safe the adventure course was in the rain.

New Scarf
Mood:  celebratory
Some friends of J-W's run and meet at www.gojamboree.org.uk They have their own scarf, and I talked very nicely to them, and I now have my very own made to fit scarf.

Friends
Topic: Photographs

I got J-W to cycle up to Bentley on Saturday, so I could spend time with S::C::U::B, one of Surrey's Jamboree Units. This is me talking to their mascot, in the sunshin, on top of one of the leaders tents.

Centenary Camp
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Record
32 nights away now! I got another nights away over the weekend.
We were camping in the village hall at Abinger Hammer. The Shalford Cubs were camping with the Shere & Peaslake Cubs. We also had one Scout from each Group, and one young leader from Shalford and one from Wonersh. So lots of friends. J-W took the Scouts and YL's for a nice walk across the Surrey Hills in the rain. I went to but stayed in his pocket.

Another night away, and I made some friends
Topic: Record

31 nights away now!.
I got J-W organised enought to get to Gilwell Park to spend one night there. It was a good laught, it rained for putting up of J-W's tent, and as he was putting it away.
I meet some of the Gojamboree.org.uk Masots, including a Dolphin with his own scarf.
Check the flickr link in the post below.
My camp blanket now has a new pin badge on it. It is a 21st WSJ one.

Well J-W has taken the pin badge off as it was a bit painfull and sewn on a Jamboree strip baadge instead. 

One for my fans
Topic: Photographs
Hello all, I've got J-W to put all my photos into a single set on Flickr.com, the set can be found at the end of this link.

Also I might be getting a Gojamboree scarf, if I can work out what size I need. Goamboree is a forum for people going to the 21st World Scout Jamboree. It is at www.gojamboree.org.uk.

More nights away
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Record
Well I have just spent three days telling J-W how to get around in the New FOrest, with a number of Scouts in tow. I got to share J-W's tent, but sleeped in his backpack as that was warmer. I now have 30 nights away, as we spend one night at Ferny Croft and the second at Foxlease again as normal. J-W has done this trip for four years now.
We also visited the Surrey C-Lions on a practise camp the other week and I tested their knotting skills.

Working
Topic: Photographs
Last Friday and yesterday (monday) afternoon, I took J-W up to Bentley Copse to help install and test a set of lights on the archery range. I was giving the orders and J-W & Graham sort of did as I said. J-W then found some scouts and guides to use the range in the dark.
We alse had some pheasants on the range at one point.
As you will see from the pictures below I was giving tractor driving lessons to J-W and Graham.

Sort of camping and other things
So on Friday last week, J-W takes me over to see my fans at Shere & Peaslake. Trouble is we had to go walking up on the North Downs and J-W got us lost. Well not so much lost as we went round in a loop in the wrong bits of the woods. Some thing to do with the paths being blocked off for forestry work, it being dark, and there being tracks which were not on the map, due to the forestry work.
I was ok as I had my own hi-vis clothing.

J-W decided we could go on a camp on saturday, at about half past nine on friday evening. Sandy from Cranleigh gave us a lift. Now I was a bit confused as J-W did not take a tent and only his Fellowship top. It turns out we were only visiting the camp and not camping over, so I did not get any more nights away! Now Sandy and J-W are both going to be SISTs (Surrey IST) at the World Scout Jamboree, and they and the rest of the SISTs had been invited to help out with the camps being run by the different Surrey County Contingent Units. So we were visiting the SCUBs (Surrey Contingent Unit B) at Runways End in Aldershot. Now they got to sleep over for two nights. Richard who was a scout at Wonersh was there, and he had this lovely hat on at one point.
I kept out of the sun and out of the way of the Explorer SCouts, as they were doing archery and shooting. Someone had brought some Beaver Scouts along to camp in a building as well. I like their bright blue tops. I must get some sun glasses from somewhere.

Packman
Topic: Record
Greeting all, J-W took me with him last weekend to help out with the Packman Flag, the night hike contest of Guildford East. He sayes that I must not meantion his getting injuried for the second year running, so I will not. But it was nice of him not to fall on top of me this time.
We got to help man (soft toy) the main control base, and J-W went out taking photos at the bases.
We got to sleep (well at 3:30am) in the Shere & Peaslake HQ.
So that's another night's away to my tally.
So I now have 28.