Author: Elli Kidson-Petlem
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Explorer belt training
I just got back from my first explorer belt training weekend. We got to know a lot more information about our trip, and we even started planning what we were going to do. We spent saturday going over important information, and in the evening we cooked dinner in our teams on trangias as practice for…
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Board games!
I ran a board games morning, where I bought some of my board games from home, and gave people the chance to play a variety of board games, including some that they hadn’t seen before. It was a pretty chill morning but everyone who came said they had loads of fun!
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Bingo night!
For my first fundraising event, I decided to host a bingo night. I had so many people show up and tell me that they really enjoyed it, I even had people asking about my next events. I started the evening with a little presentation about me and what I am doing, so people know what…
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Our first WSJ unit meeting!
Last weekend, I had my first unit meeting for the Jamboree. When I got there, our first activity was a find someone who task. We were given a sheet with a load of boxes and we had to find someone who was suitable, so we could write their name in, eg someone has has completed…
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Explorer Belt
This summer, I will be doing my Explorer Belt award, which is one of the top awards in scouting. To achieve this, you must undertake a 10-day expedition as part of a team outside of the UK with a minimum travelling time of 50 hours over the 10 days, by foot, cycle, horse, canoe, boat…
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Remembrance Parade
Every year, we go on Remembrance parade , to remember the service and sacrifice of the Armed Forces community from United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. We will remember them. This is one of the 2 events in the year where it is expected for us to be in full uniform, which means having an ironed…
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Selection Weekend : Sunday
On Sunday, we had to be up at 7 again, but I decided to get up slightly earlier, as we knew we wouldn’t have much time to pack up later so I managed to put away all my stuff into my bag and I put my inner tent down , in hopes the outer canvas…
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Selection weekend : Saturday
The night was pretty rough, with lots of rain and wind, but everyone was awake and ready for breakfast by 7. After breakfast, we washed up and then made sure we were ready for the day with every thing we needed. Then they gathered us together for the morning briefing, where they explained that the…
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Selection weekend : Friday
Before I got a place in the WSJ, I attended the Hampshire selection weekend. The point of this weekend was to see who got a place on WSJ, and who went on Project 27, an alternative expedition that Hampshire runs at the same time as the Jamboree. There were 330 young people who attended this…
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My website is now live!
I am trying to make a website to show you all about my journey to the Jamboree! It is not the easiest, but with my dad’s help, I am going to make it work.
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