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Today I received another £60 to go towards our district’s  Jamboree funds. I’d been invited to a local cricket event to sell raffle tickets but when I got there me and the other scout found out that they didn’t need us to do that. However, there were two teams both short of a player so [...]

I haven’t posted for a while because I’ve been spending a lot of time revising for my GCSEs and I decided to have a break from Scouting while I got my exams over and done with, so I could get more revision done. Today I finished my last exam so I’m completely free from school [...]

I’ve had very little time for this blog as of late because exams and coursework deadlines have been approaching and I’ve been spending a lot of time working and revising. I’ve spent hours over the last week doing music coursework and practicing for performance exams and I hadn’t really left much time for anything else. [...]

I’ve been reading a book called “The Scout’s Companion”. It’s a book that contains lots and lots of facts about Scouting. Some facts you probably already know, some you’ll find useful (such as how to cook an egg in a potato) and some are just crazy. It’s a brilliant book – buy it here! The [...]

I said there was going to be 12 places and over one hundred people, but that was wrong. There’s 15 places and 60 people took part – so I have a better chance of getting a place. It was a really good day – the first half of the day my group were doing survival [...]

This saturday coming up I’ll be taking part in county jamboree selection. In February I went on a selection weekend for my district but I didn’t get a place. Then, there was 3 places for 12 people. This time, there’s 12 places for over one hundred people – so the chance of getting a place [...]

Chris at Jabbering All Day Long is holding a competition – and the prize is a copy of the scouting skills book which I reviewed here. Make sure you enter because it’s a great book to have in your collection, especially if you’re a scout. There’s 2 copies up for grabs and all you have [...]

This is becoming a bit of a habit – I’m making a post a whole week after I did something. Last weekend I was on a young leader training course at Bradley Wood (which I seem to be spending a lot of time at recently). I completed 5 Modules (A-E): Module A, Prepare for take [...]

This post is quite late because I haven’t really had much time this week. I’ve got loads of coursework that needed to get done and I’ve been revising for a maths exam I have next week. Also, I AM NOW SIXTEEN! It was my birthday on Wednesday  so I didn’t bother blogging then either! Anyway, [...]

I’ve been priviliged enough to get my hands on a copy of a new book coming out next month: “Scouting Skills: A Complete Guide”. It contains numerous skills that are worthwhile for any scout to learn. On the front cover the book claims to contain “Everything you need to know for your outdoor adventures”, and [...]

Well I’ve been getting quite a lot of exercise over the last few days with my explorer unit. On Sunday we went for a day hike somewhere around Denby dale. It wasn’t that strenuous and It was more like a leisurely stroll. The main focus on the hike was to allow people to improve their [...]

My scout group has a great new website – so click here to check it out! Tonight the scouts were practising their pioneering skills. We began the night by teaching the scouts how to do a “Japanese Square Lashing”. After letting them practise for a little while we constructed two tripods, then allowed the scouts to [...]

I went on the Huddersfield North Jamboree selection weekend hoping to get a place. And failed.  So I’m absolutely gutted. Urban Dictionary Definition for gutted: Gutted: 1) Bad luck 2) Shame 3) Ouch Eleven of us went, but there were only three places. They said I was too shy, so I’m gonna work on becoming more confident before the county [...]

I’m going to start looking for other Scouting-related blogs so I can put links to them on the sidebar to the right. So when I do have some blogs to link to, please have a look at them! I’m also hoping some of these people link back to my blog so some more people read mine [...]

I have exams this week so YET AGAIN I won’t be able to go to scouts. I’m gonna have to miss explorers to revise. This is starting to get annoying now. I’ve missed scouts the last two weeks because of all the snow and stuff. I should be able to go and help out on thursday [...]