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Hello Readers of Jabbering all Day Long I've been asked to impart some advice for Members of the Movement on what the editors of Scouting are looking for when it comes to articles we publish in the magazine. I hope some of the tips I give here are useful and encourage people to offer ideas…
Hello Dear Reader I am sorry there have been no posts so far this week, life has been a bit chaotic and continues to be. If you follow me on twitter you will know that I am travelling overseas with work at the end of the week and as such pretty much everything I had…
Hello Dear Reader I have seen this on a number of other blogs so I though I would do one on my blog so here goes 1 – Chicken Gristle Finder In my youth I worked for eight dreadful hours in a chicken processing factory, to quote the film chicken run it really was "Chickens in…
Hello Dear Reader You may or may not have come across the woggle-gate over the last couple of days this was something that came about when 1st Rhosnesni Scout group suggested on their website that they have a Woggle Ban (while your there take a look at their fantastic programme of events for young ...
Hello Dear Reader If you are on twitter and follow @UKScouting you will have seen the tweet on Friday UKScouting UK Scout Association Waiting for a very high profile media event to start in South London. More information real soon as many people tried to work out where and what UK scouting were up to…
Hello Dear Reader Sorry this week has been quiet on the post front sadly work has got in the way of my blogging activities. However I have managed to do one think on my check list. I have found and installed a Simple CAPTCHA on the comments I have also re-opened the ability to register…
Hello Dear Reader Following on from Ben's great post on accountability I thought I would write about asking for Help. It is a funny thing asking for help, primarily because as humans (well most of us) we don't like to show our weaknesses and asking for help does that.
Hello Dear Reader This is a very quick mini post to point you in the direction of The Academy 2010 The idea behind the first Scout Academy was to provide the space for sharing, challenging concepts and ways of thinking, exploring possibilities and developing new knowledge and practice. Last years events were a ...
This month's blog entry is about Accountability in Scouting. By this I am thinking about the way we run Scouting on a day to day basis within groups, districts and counties, rather than doing actual events or activities. In my opinion, it's something we all know about but it doesn't ...
Hello Dear Reader I was doing some reading at the weekend and I came across a post about engaging with your readers and keeping your readers informed about what is going on with your blog. The basics overview was don't just make changes without an explanation it puts readers off, so I thought I would…
Hello Dear Reader Do you have an regrets? I am sure we can all think of some but do you have any scouting regrets. I have been involved with scouting now since the age of 8 so 26 years and I have two. One of which I have been able to in part correct ...
Hello Dear Reader As we have just come to the end of another JOTA/JOTI, I thought it would be very interesting to share with you this image which I found recently. Click the image to see original The image is a small contribution in the fight against rampant Immappancy, and was created by Kai Krause…
Hello Dear Reader It has been a bit of a busy time recently and so I am going to let Marin Townsend of the Sunday Express do the talking today. Long-time readers of this column will be aware of the high regard in which I hold the scouting movement.
Hello Jabbering, I am Rob Gregory AESL with Centaurus ESU, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. I am also the Founder of www.skowt.com – a nifty new website for Scouting. Chris has asked me to write a quick post about Skowt, so here we go.
Hello Dear Reader At the end of September I announced that I would be conducting an e-mail interview with Wayne Bulpitt the UK Chief Commissioner. After collecting questions in from readers of Jabbering All Day Long, I put 13 questions to Wayne for him to answer.
Hello Dear Reader So what have you got planned this Weekend, I am heading to Manchester to participate in the Explorer Scout Leaders (Young Leader) Training weekend being run by the Scout Association. Umm…. but Chris your not a ESL(YL) are you??? And I you would be correct I am not, but I believe ...
Hello Dear Reader I would like to share with you a funny comic with a scouting link. It is from the desk of the talented Adam Huber, who writes the comic Bug. If you have not see it take a look Please go have a look at the much clear image the Bug Comic website…
Hello Dear Reader Well toady's post was going to be about how I had contacted an American scouting website called halfeagle.com and how they had set up halfeagle.co.uk following my request to be on halfeagle.com. However Nick over at Nicks Ramblings beat me to it so rather than repeating everything, I am going to point…
Hello Dear Reader Why???? Ok before I get into this Friday rant, I would like to offer a big Thank you to Ben for his post yesterday it is good to have him on board and I hope you will enjoy reading his additions as much as I do.
Well this is something new, I'd like to say a big hello to all the Jabbering followers. Chris has asked me to write a regular Scouting contribution for his blog, he's hoping for a viewpoint from the coal face. I've been reading the jabbering.co.uk blog for a while now, and always ...
Hello Dear Reader Atomic Apple Well after 9 months of posting on Jabbering all day long I thought you would be getting bored of the touch of my fingertips so I have roped in CilBen (Twitter name) to do some guest posting. Ben is the founder and owner of Atomic Apple Web Design he is ...
Hello Dear Reader Well it is that time of year, the end of what will have been for many their first week in university or as it is most commonly known in the UK "Freshers Week". Now my memories of my Freshers Week were drinking, meeting new people, drinking, understanding what and ...
Hello Dear Reader Well I said I had some exciting news and here it is I have persuaded the UK Chief Commissioner (UKCC) Wayne Bulpitt to answer some questions in an e-mail type interview which will be posted on Jabbering All Day Long in October.
Hello Dear Reader It has been a long while coming be here is the final part of my recent trip to Germany with the scouts Incase you need to catch up you can find parts 1, 2, & 3 at the links provided.
Hello Dear Reader How the devil are you? I said it was only going to be away one week and it turned out to be two, and for that I am deeply sorry. See I came back from my Holiday to Italy (calling at Pisa, Lucca and the surrounding Tuscan area. It was a ...
Hello Dear Reader Quick note, while I am away to suggest that you should consider promoting the competition below. ICRC Young Reporter Competition Take the opportunity to join a humanitarian experience and discover the reality in the field of how young people are acting in the reality of situations of violence and armed conflict.
Hello dear Reader. Well as the title says I am not here at the moment. As you are reading this I will be in Pisa Italy enjoy a week-long break with my family. This of course means a couple of things When I return I will have lots to post about (hopefully) There well be…
Hello Dear Reader. Well I am all over the shop with post at the moment. In part because of the Bank Holiday and in part due to the fact I am getting ready to go on Holiday. I wanted to tell you all about how I was invited to visit the Gladstone Campsite in Hawarden…
Hello Dear Reader I recently posted a rant about cyclist and them riding through Red Lights – I received a comment not via the website from The Runt (You know who you are) saying " Your taking a very moral high ground commenting on how drivers abide by the Law when you have speeding points" The person…
Hello Dear Reader I have gone for a bit of a cop-out with today's post I thought I would show you a selection of photos from my trip to Germany I hope you enjoy them. TTFN ©ChrisMeadows2010
I am currently at an Apple store in Cribbs, so I thought I would take advantage of the free wifi and make a post. I am here with my good friend Jess, who use to have a blog but never posts on it anymore. Well, that is enough silliness, back to shopping. TTFN K
