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24th WSJ - North America

Day 20 & 21 – Homeward Bound

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24th WSJ - North America

Day 19 – Niagara Falls

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24th WSJ - North America

Day 18 – Georgian Bay

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24th WSJ - North America

Day 17 – The Wheels on the Bus….

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24th WSJ - North America

Day 16 – Baseball

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24th WSJ - North America

Day 15 – Exploring Washington DC

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24th WSJ - North America

Day 20 & 21 – Homeward Bound

By Alastair on Wednesday, August 14, 2019

So our adventure was coming to an end and another early start at 5:30 meant we were up and packing ready to leave at 7:30, having said goodbye to Canadian Chris and leaving our Jamboree tents behind as a gift to the 1st Stroud Scout Group. We crossed the border back into the US and …

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Day 19 – Niagara Falls

By Alastair on Friday, August 9, 2019

Up for a quick breakfast and we waited for Joe to pick us up at 8 as we were heading to Niagara Falls for the day. Once we arrived after a 2 1/2 hour journey me and Chris went to buy tickets for the behind the falls tour and a boat trip. First stop was …

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Day 18 – Georgian Bay

By Alastair on Thursday, August 8, 2019

A more relaxed start to the day as due to Joe’s hours (our driver) we could use the coach until gone 11. Not a worry as we cooked up a breakfast and all the Explorers chilled out. We set off and arrived at the town of Midland around 1ish, eat our packed lunches and had …

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Day 17 – The Wheels on the Bus….

By Alastair on Thursday, August 8, 2019

Up at 6:30 to pack ready for the long journey up to Canada and grab some breakfast. The coach was due to pick us up at 8:30 but didn’t arrive until 9:30 but we were finally on our way. Not long into the journey we stopped on the side of the road as the mirror …

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Day 16 – Baseball

By Alastair on Monday, August 5, 2019

A later morning with breakfast at 8:30 before another trek a cross the campus to get a bus to the baseball. We arrived and walked into the stadium to get a free hat and then to get a Hot Dog Lunch. We listened to the Nation anthems before taking our seats. There was some great …

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Day 15 – Exploring Washington DC

By Alastair on Monday, August 5, 2019

Woken up by Chris banging on my door, he suggested I go and grab breakfast but I must have fallen back asleep as 30 minutes later he was there again and it was me to go. We all met outside then set off on the 30 minute walk to the local Metro station. The Explorers …

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Day 14 – Goodbye Jamboree, Hello Washington

By Alastair on Monday, August 5, 2019

So we were up at 5am as we had to completely clear site and we were due to leave at 7:45. Chris and Gareth had already cleared a lot of the site and taken some tents down yesterday whilst the rest of us had gone to the UK. The Explorers had spent the night 4 …

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Day 13 – Closing Ceremony

By Alastair on Sunday, August 4, 2019

So today was our last day at the Jamboree, after breakfast we sent the Explorers off to do any last minute activities they wanted and we started to tidy up and pack away camp. We had agreed to meet them all for lunch at one of the food outlets so made our way across site, …

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Day 12 – Old Friends and Food

By Alastair on Thursday, August 1, 2019

A later morning for the leaders but some of the Explorers were up at 5am to go to the Big Zip and get in the queue early. After breakfast and spending some time sorting out camp ready for packing away we set off, we popped into the Trading Post and picked up the rafting photos …

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Day 11 – The Barrels

By Alastair on Wednesday, July 31, 2019

So up early at 6 to shower and get ready to leave site at 7, me and Chris had planned to go up to the shooting, it’s an hours walk up hill or a 30 min walk on the flat to the bus stop. We decided to walk to the bus, wrong call! The queue …

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About Me

Hi, I'm Alastair or Ali, I'm a Scout Leader from the UK. My current adventure is to be part of team leading 36 amazing Young People from Gloucestershire to the World Scout Jamboree being held in the USA in July & August 2019. Please excuse any poor grammar, spelling or typos, I’m sat in a field doing the blog on my phone or iPad 😀.

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