I don’t usually post things from my Facebook page, but this little trip down memory lane is worth keeping for posterity!
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I don’t usually post things from my Facebook page, but this little trip down memory lane is worth keeping for posterity!
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Stansted airport at 6:30am on a Friday morning is not the Stansted airport I know and love. I’m used to relative quiet, a sensible queue at Starbucks and a sea of people dressed pretty much the same way as me in dark suits, carrying laptopc ases and reading The Times (or if they’re very, very…
It’s not often that I now get to congratulate young people on achieving their DofE, but last week I was able to spend an evening with parents, pupils and Award volunteers at Lord William School in Thame, doing just that. The school has a remarkable commitment to the Award, and more than half of their…
Day 4 – Twice Brewed to Gilsland Today was the day when, 33 years ago, one of the wheels fell off the cart. One of the team, Shep, had to drop out because he was “wimping about looking unfit”. (I clearly wasn’t quite as caring as I should have been.) I continued in my log…
A reflection on events – 7th July 2005
There is much talk in the UK at the moment (and has been since the last election) about the creation of a National Citizenship Service for young people. Kenya got there first, nearly 50 years ago. Kenya’s National Youth Service was established on September 1st 1964, through an Act of Parliament. It was charged with…
I have just returned from the European Scout Region’s first Scout Academy, an event held for leaders from all over Europe in Mollina, near Malaga in Spain. It was a resounding success and I was delighted to be able to attend. Sessions were held throughout the week on a whole range of different topics; for…