J-W has been on at me to update this page, as I for once forgot to do this, not him, or so he claims.

We went to the New Forest with about 40 scouts and explorers at Easter for three days.  Almost did not get to go due to the train people trying to go on a strike.

2 nights away, so on 102 now. 23 nights needed for next badge!

Mood:  happy

HAPPY TIMES, J-W will need to get the needle and thread out, as I'm due a new Nights Away Badge.  We Site Sat last night up at Bentley Copse, theSurrey Scout's Camp Site, so the Wardens could go to a County Function.  J-W was doing instruction up there today and some repair jobs, so we slept over.

Question, how long does it take to get from the site to Gomshall Railway Station on Rollerblades?  I'll tell you later

We had a Leader from South London,  turn up to do a site visit.  He had rollerbladed from the station which is 3.41 miles away!  It is mainly up hill, and they is only paths beside the  road for about half a mile.  He was on the road for the rest of the time. On the way back down, we travelled all the way back with him.

We drove the tractor around the site in the morning and in the afternoon.  When round in a loop twice, I thought J-W was going mad.  But we picked up a fire pit, near where they are stored, took it down to the service yard to empty it, took it back to the store, and then back to the workshop.

So we had a good day.

No Frost Camp this year, it got snowed off, as the road is not cleared by the council, and they had ten inches of snow in a day.

Down hill on road on rollerblades for 3.41 miles in 30 minutes and 5 seconds!!

Hello all, on the 1st of August I went with J-W by train to Woking to see a friend of ours, Jo.  From her place we went by car to a place called Windsor which has peanut shaped roundabouts.  We got the tents up had lunch and then went looking for Bears and Rails (J-W here, Bears Rails is a scout camp site 15 minutes walk across the Great Park, is in the part of the park where the Bears were kept).

When we signed in I showed my WSJ pass, as you had to show offical  scout or guide ID.

Saw a load of the Gojamboree members and some new friends.  We were meant to have been doing Archery, which means we would have been with three other people who were instructors at Essex08 last year.  We were short of staff so we ended up on the shooting range.  I got to coach Mary from the Gojam lot, and had a go myself, and no it was not me who shot J-W that was an Archery Instructor!  We made friends with people from Denmark, Canada and the USA.  If you went to Bears by minibus, you had to wave your pass at the guards on the camp site gates.  At first I and the ducks hid, but later in the week we got waved not the passes.

On the last day J-W had a nice 2 to three mile jog around the Great Park looking for lost Scouts, whilst eating his lunch.   We scared up about 2 Pheasant, 8 Partridge and were followed by 50 or more Red Deer.  That was a bit scary.

We traded for a lot of badges.   Last two days the weather was helping to clean the tents, so we did the shooting from inside the tents which meant we could only use 13 not 14 shooting points.  The ducks were helping on the outdoor cooking and the archery.  We got back after the jog on the last day to find two of the ducks sitting on the heads of the archery instuctors.  One of the ducks was still on a head in the evening.

We camped for a total of seven nights.  So I am up to 99 nights away. JUST 1 MORE FOR MY NEXT BADGE!!!!!!

I took J-W and his parents up to Bentley Copse on Wednesday and Thursday.  So J-W thought that Friday was Monday.

J-W had to drive the tractor to get things set up on Wednesday.  It was a bit bouncy across the field.

We had a load of school kids from Guildford, who were part of a Police Young Achiver's Scheme.  Someone got confused (again) should have had about 60 people per day.  We had 80 on the first and only 40 on the second day!

Got to see some of the Scouts and Guides who had done the frost camp.

Also on Wednesday we had the Cubs digging for worms!

Hello all, back on the 27th May to the 29th May, I got J-W to take me and some Cubs to a place called Longridge which is on the River Thames.  I know this as we got wet closer we got to it.  Once the Cubs had got the tents up we stopped getting wet!

J-W took me with him when he went in a bell boat and a dragon boat.  The bell boat would not ring, I tried really hard to make it ring, all the humans got wet by putting heads over the side and into the river.  The Dragon boat did not have a dragon on it, nor did it breath fire, it did go quiet quick, with someone counting to ten over and over.  We also sang the banana song again and again.

We had a campfire and counter sang against the Brownies for one song, who were also having a camp fire.

2 more nights away.

Thats 92 now.

J-W a month or so ago, stayed up Bentley Copse so the Wardens could go to a County Event, so I went too, so I have a nights away from that.

As normal on the Wednesday to Friday after Easter, the Guildford East Scouts went for a three day swim round the New Forest.  It should have been a walk, but looking at the number who needed to change clothes each evening, I think it should be called a swim.  We had one Scout who was still laughting about a friend in another group who had gone up to mid-shin in a river, when he walked into a sink hole and when up to his knees in it.

Second day started bad, we were meant to go out of north side of camp site and turn so we were going south.  Even I know that means to follow the white pointy thing on the compass.  So one km to the north J-W asks the navi' where we are going.  At lunch one of the scouts went for a bath with his cloths on.

Day three J-W had the girls from Merrow and or Ripley.  We were all singing Camp Fire Songs at one point, with actions. 

The weather was good, J-W only had to get the rain cover out for an hour on the last day.  It makes a good tent fo soft toys!

So 3 more nights making a total of 90.

As you can see I got J-W to build me a Snow Bear, when he got back from work.  I borrowed his waterproof coat bag, so I could give instructions.

J-W was working on the Bentley Copse Frost Camp.  We went up in Emma's car on Friday and did not come home until Sunday.  J-W did get scar but not from the Wide Game.  The Guides I liked were there again, and I got some badges from them.  J-W was doinf Shooting Instruction and photoing.

2 nights, so now 87 nights away.

Mood:  happy

Hello all, we are back from the District's Christingle Service for the Cubs.  I put on my neckerchief, Kandersteg Bell and I had a nice beard as I was being Father Zippy!

This was cold on the Saturday morning, the roofs down the road were wearing a white shiny layer of something.

J-W had to be down the Scout HQ for 7:30!

We took some bits from the HQ, and got a lift to Walton Firs, which was not furry at all!?  There was a lot of noise coming from something called the A3.  I do not know what that was, but I could hear cars on a big road!  J-W and his group put up a big tent and a patrol tent to sleep in.  I went to sleep in J-W's bag, as it rained most of the day, and he had to go and learn things.  We had a Camp Fire in the evening.  Sunday was wet and J-W did more learnting, and cut up lots of veg and fruit, as he had to help cook for about 12 people!

85 nights away now.