#myscouthero on Founders Day (February 22nd)

Today is Founders Day (or Thinking Day if you’re of the Guide persuasion), the anniversary of the birthday of Lord Robert Baden Powell, the founder of Scouting (and Guiding). To commemorate the day Scouting are encouraging us to use the hashtag #myscouthero on...

Swimming – Ongoing blog

As many of you know, I’m a Scout. Have been since the age of 6. In Scouting the highest award a youth member (an under 25) can gain is the Queen Scout Award. It’s quite an impressive achievement. I’ve had most of it done for a few years, but always...

Protected: A haunting time

We all know that I’m a pretty big sceptic when it comes to the paranormal. I don’t believe in spirits or contact with the dead and I think that in the unlikely event ghosts exist they are inanimate recordings on an environment, but I’m even pretty...

It’s not sexualisation – it’s responsibility

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this blog are my own and may not represent those of The Scout Association or Glamorgan West Scouts. Today (5th April 2011) The Scout Association launched a new sexual health programme in partnership with Durex and Brook. These new...

A chair fit for a king!

This weekend I went to an event for Scout Leaders known as Gilwell Reunion, held annually in Gilwell Park near London. Five minutes before leaving, disaster struck – I couldn’t find my camping chair! Thus ensued a mad rush to find it in the garage. Minutes...

The Hate Mail Strike Again

Last week the Hate (woops… I mean Daily) Mail published this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199191/Beer-cross-dressing-racy-dating-games-Scouts-trip-What-Baden-Powell-say.html Here’s the gist: a group of adults in a weekend of activities also...