Crane could be bigger – Day 10 (opens in a new tab)
A 600T Crane for Day 10 This is a photo from work where this rather large crane was preparing to lift out a bridge on Saturday Night. Now because it a big Crane you get two photos of it
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Daily Travel View – Day 9
View on my Travel So as I said before on day 4 I travel nearly every day from Cam and Dursley Station to Newport Station and back. It does make the phrase our green and pleasant land seem very true
Puzzelwood – Day 8
Puzzelwood on Day 8 On a recent trip to puzzelwood, I managed to take a number of photos of fungi this was one of the strangest. I know that Puzzelwood is a strange place anyway. However this photo caught my eye. Probably because if you look at the top right, it appears that a creatures
Daughters Dinner – 100 Days (opens in a new tab)
Daughters Dinner – Day 7 Everyone wants a face for their dinner and my daughter was no exception. I am not exactly Heston Blumenthal but I am still up for a challenge and I managed to knock up something up.
Off Grid – 100 Days Day 6 (opens in a new tab)
Off the Grid – Day 6 So for my birthday I got a Biolite Stove that can produce electricity while burning wood. So you can be off the grid while camping I tried it out the other day and it was really good. I did not try charging from it but I did go off grid
Newport Clock Tower – 100Days
Clock Tower in the Sun Most days I travel to Newport for work and then home again. One evening while waiting for my train the Clock Tower on the council building was illuminated by evening sun. I will admit to editing to photo slightly
Tretar – coffee part 2 (opens in a new tab)
Tretar on Day 4 Strictly this is not a photo more a Tretar poster but I took a photo of it and I also like the idea that a second refill of coffee has a name. The only other Swedish I know is "Fika" which is going to have a coffee and a gossip with…
Anyone for Coffee
Coffee on Day 3 So made it to day three that's quite impressive at the moment. I think it might be time for a Coffee. This coffee machine was a wedding present almost 10 years ago and I still don't know all the functions
Day 2 – Tempting (opens in a new tab)
Day 2 – To tempting On a visit to Wild Place Project in Bristol its was just to tempting not to do it
100 Days of Photos – Day 1 (opens in a new tab)
100 Days Photo I have seen a lot of people have done theses 100 days of photos, so I thought I would have a go. Fingers crossed over the next 100 day I will share a photo a day and a short description about the photo. So here goes Day 1 My daughter has got
Tea, How Do You Like to Drink Yours
Tea that is hotter than the Sun I remember a little while ago stopping at services, did my business, and went to get a cup of tea from McDonalds (you wouldn't by choice get anything else). While in line I overheard the following conversation: Server: Madame your tea. Lady: oh! You have not put the
Management Speak (opens in a new tab)
Management Speak 101 Here is a beginner's guide to management speak. Now you can sound very knowledgable in any management meeting. It is very likely you have seen these before but I came across them again and they are still funny. A 404 Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not
This is my Dinner for Six List
You will have seen these posts a number of time your top x number for dinner I thought it was a good idea I would write my version. The premise is, and I am sure you have been asked the question may time before, if you could invite 6 people to dinner living or dead…
Noah in 2016
In the year 2016 , the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in England and said, "Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans."
Reading Challenge 2015
Back at the start of 2015 I decided to do a reading challenge this is my review of my reading challenge
William H. Macy, former Explorer Scout, sends Scouts to camp (opens in a new tab)
William H. Macy was an Explorer Scout, and he remembers a trip to Region 7 Canoe Base that changed his outlook on life.
Accountability In Scouting
This month's blog entry is about Accountability in Scouting. By this I am thinking about the way we run Scouting on a day...
Scouting Families
I was thinking last night about Scouting families, not this great big Scouting Family we all belong to, but our own individual Scouting families
Starting Something New (opens in a new tab)
Well this is something new, I'd like to say a big hello to all the Jabbering followers. Chris has asked me to write...
New Boo – Penny Cup (opens in a new tab)
A clever way to raise money or a really stupid idea you tell me
The Evil Motorway Sign
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
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.
Do you Boo
For a blog called Jabbering I don't do much talking
Its Just Three Fingers
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.
Protected: Audio File Tests
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Remember (opens in a new tab)
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
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
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
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
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
I have noticed that bloggers like Seth Godin tend not to write mammoth 10 page posts they do simple 10 liner little asides.
Been a While
Been a While
Kids Today! (opens in a new tab)
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.
Claiming My Blog
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5 Top Networking Skills for a Scout Leader
5 Networking Skills for a Scout Leader and number 3 is a essential.
5 for Watching Later (opens in a new tab)
Watching a TV programme at the time it is shown does not often happen in my house. Here I my 5 for Watching Later
Remembrance Day 11-11-2014 (opens in a new tab)
For The Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
Look Beyond
We often find it difficult to look beyond thing. Surprisingly when it comes to disability it we are very good and do look beyond.
Wait and Enjoy Marshmallows (opens in a new tab)
Its all about Marshmallow, your expecting this post to be about fluffy bunnies and it about Youth Engagement.
Social Media and Content (opens in a new tab)
Content is king, that is what you read about Social Media or blogging or on-line engagement,
Inclusive Scouting
Should being inclusive mean that people are positively discriminated? Or does it mean that we should include people in scouting.
Jabbering Videos (opens in a new tab)
So this morning I receive and e-mail about the use of videos to and account I have set up mainly for junk
A Book Launch (opens in a new tab)
Today I've done something I've not done before as Group Scout Leader. I represented the Group at a book launch (not that I've ever attended a book launch in a non Scouting role either!) at the Staffordshire Regiment Museum in Lichfield .
Perfect Job – What is yours
See for me there is no easy answer to that question it depends on my situation I have four categories for which perfect job could fit into.
40B440 Veggies
Last night I realised, Veggie - tastic I had done it! completed a #40B440 Challenge - But what Veggies were they
Your Worst Training Experiences
tell me your worst training session what did the trainer do wrong? what made you want to leave? Was it death by powerpoint or something else
On the Radio (opens in a new tab)
Matt Hyde, the Scout Association's Chief Executive, was on Radio 4′s Today Programme this morning talking in the business section about Scouting and the report published saying employers need to give people time off to volunteer (see here) . It was a very good interview and talked about the need for more adult volunteers, girls in…
5 Things to do with your Scouting Magazine once you have read it (opens in a new tab)
We all get our scouting magazine every couple of month land on our mats. Here are 5 things you should do with your magazine:
Minifig mayhem (opens in a new tab)
Did you see the mayhem caused by the minifigs at Girlguiding HQ. A great campaign to both advertise themselves and their new minifigs
Outdoor Posters
Posters for every Kids room - some wonderful posters and I am very tempted to one of them to put on my daughters wall.