# Adam Blakey

## Blog

### Tag: Travelling

Day 0: Preparations for Opening Ceremony

21st July 2019 | World Scout Jamboree 2019

An early start today: 6:30 alarm so I could get ready, breakfast, chat to Eleanor, and get to rehearsal for 8:30! The rehearsal was good, but was interrupted by some pretty rainy weather… I don’t...

Day -1: More Rehearsals and Pens

20th July 2019 | World Scout Jamboree 2019

Still slightly scared from the queueing endured 2 days ago, I joined a very long line for breakfast. Went down in about 10 minutes but that also made me 10 minutes later than I’d planned… But it t...

Day -2: Setup and Rehearsals

19th July 2019 | World Scout Jamboree 2019

I woke up to one of my tentmates, Sam, finally arriving after losing luggage and having to sleep in another tent. Fortunately the luggage was later delivered by the airline so everyone in my tent...

Travel to Summit Bechtel Reserve

18th July 2019 | World Scout Jamboree 2019

A very early start (3:50 alarm) to get on the flights to Washington. A convenient shuttle bus took me straight from the hotel to the airport at 5:00, and then I had a little while to kill before m...

Staying in Manchester

17th July 2019 | World Scout Jamboree 2019

It turns out that there are 2 Manchester Airport Premier Inns… I initially built up my hopes and decided to try checking into the more modern-looking one… But obviously, by Sod’s law, I was in the...