We arrived at Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð (a local high school) where we set up our beds in what can only be described as a 200-man spoon (a very tightly packed hall full of UK Scouts!). We left at around 19:00 to go
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The 02:00 alarm wasn’t hugely appreciated by my body, but it’s a small price to pay for going to Iceland (not the shop)! I first travelled with my friend — and Whitley Bay Scout —Rebecca, on a flight from Newcastle to Heathrow,
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Hi, I’m Adam, and welcome to my blog about the 15th World Scout Moot in Iceland this summer. So what is a World Scout Moot? The World Scout Moot is an official event of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM),
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With lots of travelling ahead of us, we boarded a coach for the 1.5 hour journey to Narita Airport, where we boarded our first Emirates flight to Dubai. It lasted for almost 11 hours, but it went very quickly as I slept
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After very little sleep (and possibly a lot of grumpy words), I went to meet the rest of my patrol (Coquet patrol) so that we could leave for Tokyo Skytree. Once we got to Skytree, it was huge; I was so surprised
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The Bullet Train arrived in Tokyo and we were amazed at how busy and grand everything was in the station. We made a short walk to a local car park where we got a bus that took us to the National Youth
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After a lovely night’s sleep in a tent, most of the unit were very tired this morning as a lot of people opted to sleep under the stars for a night. We spent the morning packing up the last tents and bags
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Today’s the day we have to pack up camp… My patrol (Coquet patrol) woke up early to make breakfast: ham and scrambled egg. We spent the entire morning packing up equipment, tents and bags ready for them to be transported home. I
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Today, it was Joss’ birthday, so I woke up (slightly) early and me and Gavin made Joss some egg and bacon sandwiches. Today’s activity was supposed to be an 8km nature walk, but very few people actually wanted to do it so
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