Day 2. A gentle amble from Corbridge to Humshaugh with a visit to Chesters camp. The road out of Corbridge up to Port Gate follows…
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33 years ago, five teenage Scouts did their DofE Gold expedition following Hadrian’s Wall and then heading into the Cheviots. I’ve just been rereading the…
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Opening speech at the 10th Conference of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Regional Conference for Europe, the Mediterranean and Arab States – 11th September…
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I was honoured to receive the Bronze Wolf from the World Scouting today. The citation made me blush. CITATION FOR THE AWARD OF THE BRONZE…
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On Monday evening, the President of the United States of America visited the National Jamboree of the country’s Boy Scouts. In making the visit, he…
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To the headteacher of East London Science School… Dear David On this warm and sunny Friday afternoon, I thought you might appreciate this short…
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“Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now” – Bob Dylan It now looks as though the result of the…
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It has the makings of an iconic and historic photograph. Lucie, a young Scout from the Czech Republic, squares up to a demonstrator at a…
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Dear UK politicians, There’s a Year 7 assembly story I remember very well from my time as a middle school headteacher… It involves a frog,…
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