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ByJohn MayDay 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…
Who needs kids?
ByJohn MayThis picture was taken immediately after our last Heads of Contingent Meeting this morning. What an attractive collection of individuals!
Speaking to the BBC about Nepal
ByJohn MayI was delighted today to speak to BBC Radio Oxford’s Breakfast Show presenter, Howard Bentham, about the fundraising that’s been going on for Oxfam’s disaster relief campaign.
Another international experience
ByJohn MayI returned home from Delhi at 7:00am and immediately traveled on to Gilwell Park to help with the organisation of the second Heads of Contingent meeting for the World Scout Jamboree. Over 60 countries represented from all over the world and over 150 delegates. We provided them with logistical information about the Jamboree, took them…
30 years of the Rights of the Child
ByJohn MayToday is the 30th anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 30 years ago, I was a young and idealistic teacher, working in a primary school in Lichfield, Staffordshire. I remember reading about the Convention at the time and thinking how surprising it was that no-one had considered…
The story of the golden arrow
ByJohn MayAnyone involved in Scouting will tell you that it’s an organisation that puts great store by its history. I’m proud to have played a small part in a particularly special chapter. The story starts at the 3rd World Scout Jamboree, held at Arrowe Park, Merseyside in the United Kingdom, ninety years ago in 1929. 30,000…
