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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Following the late shift last night, I slept in until about midday. Today I dedicated as a day to chill out since it will be one of the few I’ll have the chance to. In the evening a few of us chilled
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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 think that the pictures do it justice,
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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 turned out alright and Markus
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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 now has their luggage! I got a
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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 my first flight from
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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 older one. I guess this does
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