UK Scouting posts from 2015

15 posts

The Evil Motorway Sign

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Mwahahahaha was the sound that was heard bouncing around the Motorway as the traffic started to back up.

More Than This by Patrick Ness – Book Review

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I heard about this More Than This, one day while listening to the Radio 2 bookclub on Simon Mayo's show. Patrick Ness was in talking about it.

Its Just Three Fingers

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Three Finger Salute So if you are scout you will have as some point in your life made the "scout sign" a three finger half salute held at shoulder level. You I would hope know the background of why we make that sign.

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Remember (opens in a new tab)

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In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now…

A Man of Many Jackets

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I am a man of many Jackets; I have hard shells, soft shells, fleeces. all taking up space in my cloakroom. Could I have just one

Technical Review

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Back in 2014 I was contacted and asked if I would carry out some technical reviews of products to be included in a website

Get outside

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That should be my 2016 goal to look up more and not spend my life looking down and spend more time outside.

Reading More Book

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The other day I hear on the radio that Mark Zuckerburger had set himself a New Years Resolution to read 26 books in 2015 - Can I do it?

Little Asides

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I have noticed that bloggers like Seth Godin tend not to write mammoth 10 page posts they do simple 10 liner little asides.

Kids Today! (opens in a new tab)

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When, in the media, young people are mentioned, it is normally that they've done something wrong and there is a lot of "tut tutting" and "the young people of today.." type comments. There will always be the ‘wrong uns' out there and sadly they are the ones that are talked about.