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!?
He’s seen one too many…
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.
It was an odd display. The Red Arrows arrived and so did the rain, the Red Arrows disappeared and so did the Rain, the Red arrows came back and so did the rain, the Red Arrows finally left for good, and so did the rain, well almost apart from a couple of minutes outbreak half an hour later.
There we were thinking shame about the rain as their display was sadly clearly changed. However, what is interesting is all these reports in National newspapers:
