62ndScouting

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!?

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…

The repeat of Swansea mud from last year, should be a remote thing assigned to history, for this year at least. Weather forcasters, but is Dave one of them(!?), are predicting better weather for this year…

…except for one small part of Cornwall.

Just had a newsletter from AvonScouts, I feel privelidged indeed:

• Gang Show Auditions on Saturday 25th  April 2009
• Avon Scouts have a Twitter page (!?) Won’t be as good as Boris’s but here it is anyway – www.twitter.com/avonscouts
• See Scout TV – for one of those dull moments in your life – www.communitychannel.org/content/view/2590
• Free swimming at Leisure Centres – www.bristol.gov.uk/freeswimming
• Complete your IT badge online – www.itbadge.org.uk
• Scout handbook available from – www.scoutshops.com
• World Scout Jamboree, Sweeden 2011. 62nd Scouts and leaders have gone in the past (but not to Sweeden…) – www.scouts.org.uk/wsj2011 and www.worldscoutjamboree.se

It was with great sadness that our most regarded Scout leader Daisy was shot today in front of a crowd of hundreds. Her crime? Originally was witchcraft, cries of she’s a witch rung out around Caldicot Castle, but alas, her fate lay in the hands of being a licentious woman. She was quickly hunted down, arrested and put hastily on trial. Her exposed feet and ankles up to her knees had already sealed her fate. She was to face the firing squad.

And so it was, as the shots echoed around Caldicot Castle, she fell dramatically and Shakespearanly (!?) to her death and all the while Jessica was enjoying the playpark, unaware of Daisy’s demise.

Two strapping young lads sauntered across to the limp body and dragged it off to lay peacefully to rest.

Mor photos can be witnessed here.

Got home from the older Scouts camp at Pennwood last night. Had to have a lie down in a dimly lit room with an ice pack on the forehead…

…The whole weekend was sunny.

I’ll repeat that.

…The whole weekend was sunny. Ok, so it was still flippin’ frezing overnight and early morning and late evening, but during the day it was actually quite pleasant! It was a shame that we had chosen a campsite very high on a hill and very exposed to the elements. A normal field in normaldom would probably been absolutely gorgeous, mustn’t grumble though, everything stayed dry. Can’t quite remember that feeling!? What shall I do with the next few days!? I don’t have tents to dry!?

Congratulations to the girls, who snuck in through the back door to win the weekend outright. Boys! What were you thinking of!? It was there for the taking, if only it wasn’t for that last half an hour…

The rippling rings of Pennsie Woodsidor say we will win in the end, even if we did take 2 and a half hours to put up a tent.