Day off today. Woke up by Nutt at 7 as he came off the night shift so we all headed for breakfast. PJ set off to work and Nutt went to bed so I chilled out in our camping area. Got some lunch then me and Nutt headed to the beach. I never knew there …
Late shift today, PJ has the day off and Nutts in nights so after breakfast we set off to the most primitive scouting experience spontaneous activity. Run by the Dutch this shows basic camping and backwoodsman skills. Nutt decided to carve a spoon whilst me and PJ learnt bow firelighting. Headed back for a sauna …
A great aerial shot of the Jamboree. Full size image at: http://www.scout.org/var/corporate_site/storage/images/information_events/events/world_scout_events/jamboree/22nd_world_scout_jamboree/picture_gallery/jamboree_from_above/218850-1-eng-GB/jamboree_from_above.jpg
Early shift today so up to start at 7:45 by picking up packed lunches. Headed for the CMT Service Centre to find out not much on. The team have launched a game called gotcha where we need to hunt down and ‘kill’ with water pistols another member of the team. Spent some time checking the …
Up at 9:00 and headed to the Irish Food House for a good Irish breakfast and cup of tea. After this me Nutt, PJ and Lucy headed to the World Scout Centre, this is the area of the Jamboree where each country has it’s own area where it can display things about the country, it’s …
After dinner me and PJ went down to the IST stage there was a folk band with violin, accordion, clarinet seemed very civil until they started VERY hard rock folk music! Fantastic!!! Then ended up in the Czech tent to meet some new friends then off to the Irish tent for some great sing a …
Well not quite maybe another day in a muddy field in Sweden. Late shift today so had time for breakfast and a shower. Dodged the rain showers and after lunch headed fir work. Today’s task was to get all the contingents to sign contracts for the equipment they have borrowed from the Jamboree interestingly only …
Ended up in the Austrian Coffee House with Nutt, PJ and Rich chatting eating apple strudle and drinking alcohol free beer (there’s a oxy moron if ever I knew one!) Joined by the Gloucestershire leaders good to see them taking some time out.
Up to start shift at 8 this morning no rain during the night but plenty during the day. Jobs this morning included allocating tables to all the contingents these should have arrived 3 days ago but hey it is Jamboree time. The Germans wanted some wood chippings to soak up the mud outside their contingent …
Set off for the main arena with PJ and Nutt at 8:30 after a 20 min walk we were greeted by the sight of 40,000 Scouts sat ready in the natural amphitheatre for the opening ceremony. We started with a very poignant minute of silence for the fallen in Norway, 40,000 people from 156 countries …