Author: Alastair

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… Continue reading Day 9 Primative Scouting

A great aerial shot of the Jamboree.

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… Continue reading Day 8 Contingent BBQ

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… Continue reading Day 7 World Scout Centre

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… Continue reading Day 6 Folk Music (Hard Rock Style)

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… Continue reading Day 6 Another day in the office

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… Continue reading Day 5 More Rain

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… Continue reading Day 4 Opening Ceremony

Had the day off today after the 12 hours on the bike yesterday it was good. Woke up to rain so didn’t get up until 10. Missed breakfast so went and saw the contingent for a welcome cup of tea. Had dinner in the food hall see the earlier post today, the restaurant is massive… Continue reading Day 4 Finnish Sauna