Who would give up 3 weeks annual leave to fly halfway around the
world and stay in a camp with 20,000 other people to be assigned the
voluntary job of.... cleaning toilets? A scout would.
Who would
take 4 years to earn the money to come to the World Scout Jamboree by
collecting soft drink bottles at 5c per bottle? An enterprising scout
would!
The World Scout Jamboree started 27 July to 7 August and
is celebrating 100 years of scouting. Never have I met a more genuinely
nice group of people! I shouldn't be surprised, Scouts have always had
the reputation of doing good deeds in return for badges that are sewn
onto their shirts or camping blankets. The old saying dyb dyb dyb means
'do your best, do your best, do your best'. In response, 'dob dob dob'
means 'done our best, done our best, done our best' is what all scouts
live by no matter what race, religion or age.
We have been
exhibiting here to raise awareness of the World Nomads community to the
Scouts. That's our official position, in reality we play volleyball and
listen to stories. All we need is a campfire, necker and a woggle and
we'd fit right in except we can't get used to shaking the left hand.
There are over 200
different countries represented with 40,000 day visitors coming along,
85,000 meals are prepared everyday to feed the scouts and volunteers
plus all the world food tents to feed the rest of us. This is an event
not to be missed! If you find yourself in Chelmsford and want to pop in
and see us we are at the Plaza section of the camp. One of our World
Nomads, Julie, has helped us out for a couple of days and loved it so
much she's coming back on Sunday.
