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.

Frost Camp 2007
Topic: Record
27 nights away now

J-W cycled upto Bentley Copse on Saturday 20th Jan, to do Service Crew on the 2007 Bentley Copse Frost Camp., I got a bit squashed in the bike bags. But J-W said that that was better than having to dodge all the downed trees, and the running water in the road.

We got to sleep in one of the buildings, with the cook crew who got up at 6am!

Pete who is also on the Service team had drought a couple of friends along, a two foot high penguin and a three foot long orange lizard.

J-W meet some of the Surrey Unit B leaders and members, as well as one IST member. But he has meet the IST member before at the Eurojam and at Bentley.

Shere & Peaslake Christmas Camp
Topic: Record
Well than's another two nights to my record.
So that's 26 nights away total now.

J-W took me along to BentLey Copse on Friday to camp with S&P Cubs and Scouts for 2 nights.
They woke J-W up before 6 on the first morning. I had borrowed his ear plugs, so I was ok.
I got to have dinner with Lord Baden-Powell the Third, and he inspected my camp blanket and scarf.
The S&P cubs also seem to effect the lights of the loo block, like the Shalford ones did. Also the leaders broke the water heater and the toaster. J-W also said that the Service Crew planted the tractor and trailer. I'm still trying to work out what they will grow as next spring.

Christingle
Topic: Photographs

On the 10th December 2006, we went along to the District Christingle PArty and Service, J-W's mum made this christingle for me. Now why did I get sausages and the Cubs all got sweets, to put on there christingles?

Bentley Copse Camp
Topic: Record
Hello again, I've just got back from camping at Bentley Copse Scout Camp Site, here in Surrey. This is the site where J-W claims to go to work at the weekends alot in the summer. We were in the Nest, which looks nothing like a nest, it was a small building with two bunk rooms and other rooms. We were camping with the Cubs from Shalford. The Cubs worked on a couple of badges that are that new, that the peoples who make the badges to be given to the Cubs, have not made the badges yet! Now even I know that is no good, as the Cubs will need to do it all again, when they are made (J-W says that is not how it works). Hello to Graham the Warden at Bentley, who it turns out found this website earilier in the week when looking for something else, whilst online.
Also Graham, are all the lights now behaving as I got J-W to remove the Cubs from the site?
Nov 2006 2 nights, so total now 24 nights away.

Topic: Photographs

Back in the summer 1st Shalford and Shere & Peaslake got together for a joint walk with a differents. Yes I went along... Oh J-W says that is not the difference, something about the funny sheep like thing behind me?!.

SCRAM 2006, and J-W's mother 'helping' me into a cannon. Some odd idea about me wanting to get out of the sun!

Things to come
J-W had a phone call from the GSL of Shere & Peaslake last night. He has been invited to join S&P on their Christmas Camp, but he will have to do some Archery Instruction on one of the mornings. I have also been invited, and to the best of my knowledge I do not have to do anything!
We will be staying in the building at Bentley Copse, mid way through December.
Also J-W finally let me know that we are going camping again at Bentley, later this month with the Shalford Cubs.

Bonfire night
Well went over to Gomshall last Friday Evening to help the Shere & Peaslake Scout Group run their Bonfire Night. Well J-W was doing the First Aid rounds and I was riding in his pocket, as it was rather cold. The fire works were good, and J-w said the bergers were ok.