62ndScouting

Shoving electrodes into tree trunks to harvest electricity may sound like the stuff of dreams, but the idea is increasingly attracting interest.

According to New Scientist Magazine plugging your hair straightners into the local forest when on you next Scout Camp is not entirely impossible. Whilst still someway off to be developed enough to be able to take the kitchen fridge to our next green field campsite, when you lot of current Scouts become leaders – who knows! It really could be everything except the kitchen sink.

Half a ton of congratulations to the further 5 Scouts who are to become our latest 50 nights away badge holders. A remarkable result, just shocking that us as leaders have been away with you for that long! If you are one of the lucky recipients, then your badge is winging it’s way to you on the first night back.

Those Ancient Egyptians also had problems with horrible buzzy insect things, as explained by a rather funny CBBC Programme. Pepi II of Ancient Egypt was so irritated by said buzzy flying insects that he ordered several naked slaves to cover themselves liberally in sticky sweet honey and stand away from him so the flies and other pests would swarm around them rather than him.

Ingenious! Our Scouts could have taken it in turns every day – Tesco Value honey is well cheap! We would even have let them keep their clothes on!

Why didn’t we think of that!?

Click here for a video clip from BBC NEWS  all about WASPS! It appears lots of other people have had problems with our favourite little buzzy things, they are apparently on the increase this year.

They just need to speak to us – we’ll tell them how to get rid of ‘em! The National Trust warden was rather impressed with the number of wasps we’d caught in our traps. Tesco Value Golden Syrup is all you need.

We are now heading into what should be fairly accurate weather forecasts for our week in Polruan next week. The closest location is Fowey just down the coast, if you head to the Summer Camp Pages on the website you can compare for yourself the BBC and Metcheck.

It’s looking fairly good, but I’m not holding my breath, nor am I believeing it till I see it.

This looks pretty good – and it’s at the Tate! However, looking at information, which is quite hard to locate, I’ve got a funny feeling we’re going to be a day too late…