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.

If you thought the toilets on summer camp were fun, then imagine having to store this lot somewhere!

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Went for a little wander into sunny Wales the other day. I’ve been to this waterfall before and it’s truly spectacular you hear it from the top of the valley but don’t see it until you reach the bottom of the track and the trees open out.

If you look closely…

The best bit though is that the path leads right round the back of the waterfall. Funnily enough didn’t get a photo from this point as you get truly soaked. We were wet already – you see it always rains in Wales and yes, it rained, quite substantially as well. Lots of scrambling and imagination came to play all the way round the walk. One particular stile was almost inaccessible unless you waded through a deep looking bog. We did spot a suitable looking several inch wide raised bit along the fence…

…it just meant a jump upto your knees in boggy, filthy, smelly and cold swampy water to get to it! Still, gave us something to ponder over in the pub afterwards, we had a whole corner to ourselves you know!

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.

I not too sure if the 62nd Gurning Championship actually took place on Camp this year. However, little did we realise that the legend that is Michalea Strachan won the Female World Gurning Championships at Ergmont in 2002.

Start pulling those faces, ‘cos the championship will be sure to be held soon – if not repeated!

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!?