My involvement with the Scouts

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These are a set of pages about the time I have spent in the Scouts, mainly the 72nd Reading Sea Scout Group. I started in the Cub Scouts and progressed through the Scouts and Venture Scouts, before becoming an Instructor and finally an Assistant Scout Leader (ASL)

On the left you can see the troop name-tag, District and County badges.

72nd Reading neckerchief The Troop generally meets on Monday evenings. During the Winter months they meet at the Church Hall and in the Summer they meet at the Troop's River HQ (our boathouse) enjoying canoeing, rowing or practicing backwoods and camping techniques. The Troop also makes use of the River HQ at weekends.

On the right you can see a picture showing the colouring of the troop neckerchief. As the Troop are Sea Scouts, they fold in the ends of the neckerchief before rolling it up which produces the 'cut-off' effect. The reason for this is traditionally to avoid catching the ends in ropes and pulleys etc.

			During my first two years at university, I joined the 34th Northampton (Land) Scout Troop. I went on a couple of camps with them which was good fun. On the left you can see their troop name-tag, and combined District and County badges. Their neckerchief is similar to the above but the green is replaced by red which, ironically, is the same as 1st Reading Sea Scouts: 72nd's 'arch rivals'...

Jamborees that I've been to:

NaWaKa '89	Ballyfin '93	WINGS '98	20th World Scout Jamboree
Click to visit a page about a particular Jamboree

Camps/Events that I've been to with/without the troop:

	Not so recent Camps and Events July 1999 - April 2001. Take a look at past camps and events from 1999 - 2001.
	72nd/63rd's Summer Camp - Salcombe, Devon 26^th July - 3^rd August 2002. Read the Patrols' views of the joint Summer Camp held in Salcombe, Devon.
	Reading Central Explorer Scouts Activity Weekend - Wye Valley, Glocs 27^th - 29^th September 2002. Have a peek at what the Explorer Scouts got up to during their first Activity Weekend in September 2002.
	20th World Scout Jamboree - Sattahip, Thailand 23^rd December 2002 - 20^th January 2003. See the ideas behind the Jamboree and read my diary of the event with photos.
	Berkshire Scouts - de Kluis, Belgium 2004 7^th April - 14^th January 2004. Look at the pictures and read about Berkshire's camp at de Kluis in Belgium.

Links to other Scouting sites:
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www.scouts.org.uk
The Scout Association's Corporate Website

Wings 2003
Official WINGS website

Wings 2003 Water Activities
Unofficial WINGS Water Activities website

21st Jamboree Website
Official site for the 21st World Jamboree

Berkshire Scouts
Berkshire County's Wesbite

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The Three Towers Hike
Official Website for this 45 mile hike.

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