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1,000 Scouts + lots of wind, rain and mud = "a fab weekend" |
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 09:50 |
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Wayne Bulpitt, Scouting's UK Chief Commissioner, visited Hertfordshire Scouts' Green Beret Competition last weekend and wrote about the experience in his blog article under the title 1,000 Scouts + lots of wind, rain and mud = "a fab weekend".
"On Saturday I had the real pleasure of joining 1,000 Hertfordshire Scouts who were at Gilwell for the weekend for their annual Green Beret Challenge. In its 26th year, they had 121 teams of between 6 and 8 Scouts despite the atrocious weather. The teams are divided to ensure an even split of ages and experience within each team. They earned points from activities as varied as orienteering, an assault course based on Gilwell's 'Challenge Valley' and participating in up to 40 different activity bases as well as a night challenge. Interestingly most of the bases had been developed and were manned by Explorer Scouts from within the County, many of whom had enjoyed participating in Green Beret in earlier years. I certainly thoroughly enjoyed my 2 hours on Saturday morning, despite the high winds and heavy rain showers which were a feature of the whole weekend!"
You can read the full article and see what else Wayne has been doing by visiting his blog  . |
