Visit to the World Scout Jamboree - Sweden 2011

What an adventure!

This is the gateway that welcomed visitors to the WSJ in Sweden... very big and very impressive!
As you walked along the roads, the "spirit of scouting" was very evident...

Millions of visitors each day ...

This is a huge tower .... I would have liked to have climbed it but the queue was just too long and I believe the wait was about 1 and a half hours... too long when you only have 1 day at the Jamboree.

The queue for the Jamboree Shop!

My friend Lotta from Sweden... we met up after being "facebook friends" for over 3 years. Lotta was very involved with the organisation of the WSJ and during the Jamboree was seconded to "site services".... well done for all that hard work!

Horse racing with a difference..... hilariously funny!

.... and this is beyond words.....

a pioneered ferris wheel

Magnificent!

Swings!

and a haystack with a difference....

first you have to climb the haystack ...

and the benefit of all this hard work was the "foofie" slide at the top! .... wonderfully engineered.

The Jamboree was just stunning!

Till next Time

Keep cubbing

Akela Joy

WSJ

Sweden - here we come!

Leave today for our visit to the WSJ in Sweden - going to be awesome! .... and then a 2 week tour of Europe.

See you all when we get back.

Till then

Take care

Joy

Winter Cubbing - 29th July

Today was really winter! Too freezing even to go outside!

So it was perfect weather for our cub programme!

... and our first game was "Snow Shovel".... cubs divided into 3 teams and on go, they each had a huge broom and shovelled pine cones from one end of the hall, around a chair and back again.

Being stranded, we had to learn how to cross the frozen lake...

.. so in sixes, each cub was given a piece of paper which they placed on the floor as they walked forward....

This was great fun!

We realised then that someone was stranded on the other side of the frozen lake ane we needed to rescue them.... of course the ice was very thin, so we had to form a human chain and slide carefully to reach them.

Time for Instruction and here the Caracals are learning about First Aid.

Leopards did "alone at home"

and the Lions make some stunning bird feeders.

We invested two new chums.....this is Ethan

and then we also invested Kamil..

Rikki telling everyone about our scarf.

Welcome to both Ethan and Kamil.

We hope that you both have a fun filled time with us at 9th Benoni.

We had a "going up" Ceremony for 3 of our cubs today as well. It was very sad to see them go but we know that they are ready for Scouts and they will enjoy it.

We will miss you.

Till next Time

Keep Cubbing

Akela Joy