The day started with a really cool thing: we played in a really big treehouse, with a different section in each level of the treehouse! We spent a little of the afternoon napping again. To mark the nearing conclusion of the Jamboree,
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At around 2:00 I woke up to a very loud sound coming from just outside the tent that sounded a lot like a very loud Mr Whippy ice cream dispenser. As it turns out, it was actually a lorry pumping away vast
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Sam and I started the day by walking around some of the activities in the summit centre including Brownsea Island again, where we got a talk given by ‘Robert Baden-Powell’! Then after a walk on the lake we met with the Queen.
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Today was an early start… A 5:30 alarm ready for a 6:30 bus to the summit centre. But was all worth it because today was the day we were playing on the main stage! We got there for 7:00 to setup and
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After another morning of lying in relatively late, Catrin and I went for breakfast together and then Sam and I got the bus into the summit centre. At around, we played entrance music for the official opening of the Rex Tillerson building
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Today was Culture Day which is where all the participants from every country try to give others a flavour of the things that they do. We didn’t have too much time to see everything, but we tried some British tea and marmite,
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My day started with meeting Amy (flautist in the band) to walk to the summit centre to do some more exploring. We met up with some others near the centre then walked off to see the famous Consol Energy Bridge and visit
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After our first cold night at Jamboree a (cold) shower this morning was not particularly welcome… After our morning rehearsal we ate lunch by the lake and saw the US Coast Guard doing a rescue drill on the lake. Looked impressive and
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The day is finally here of the opening ceremony for the 24th World Scout Jamboree! A bit of a wet start to the day walking to the morning rehearsal, but it pretty quickly cleared up into a dry but cool day (yay!).
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We were asked a couple of days ago if we would like to help fill the shortfall in staff to help meet and greet participants arriving at the site. We gathered at the HQ in Echo ready to volunteer our time until
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