Jamboree.

During the summer 13 members of Whitley bay district went to the 22nd world scout jamboree in Sweden. Its taken us til now to get our heads around what happened... We left from Newcastle airport and landed in Copenhagen which was far sunnier. We had a bit of a laugh on some power boats which went at a slow 90mph nearly losing loosely attached body parts... When we got to the actual jamboree we crawled around the site for an hour as they didnt know where our pitch was. At the jamboree everyone was friendly and happy you couldn't go five minutes without a hello, bonjour or areet. We experianced bad hairdressing, disease, and poor hygene which meant it was the best 3 weeks of our lives :) Whatever happened we had a laugh including people throwing up on other people (it's a sign of bonding). We then had to leave our international friends behind to go and stay in the Czech Republic for a few days before being flown back to Newcastle and being united with our families (and Greggs) once more. Had to be the best 3 weeks of our lives. I left simply scouting as a warrior of peace.

Twilight The result.

SUCCESS!!! One of the Whitley Bay teams won the explorer event! After walking across the map back to Belford and sitting in a field for 4 hours they managed to win!

Photos of the winning team and of the other 5 teams to follow.

Twilight.

Twilight 2011 is upon us. This saturday 36 explorer scouts will take part in the BIGGEST man hunt game in Northumberland. The aim of the game is to from the drop off point, which we will find out on the day, all the way to the muster point which this year will be at Belford.

Throughout  the years Whitley Bay Explorers have performed well at this event. In 2009, when the first Twilight happened, we came first! And the following year we came third!

So high hopes this year  for our teams!

We Will Rock You.

Last week 40 explorer scouts from Whitley Bay went on a once in a lifetime trip to the Sunderland Empire in Sunderland, to go and see the touring west end production of We Will Rock You. One explorer scout told us "It was amazing! A lot better than expected" Some explorers enjoyed the show so much that they were looking on the web on the way home to see if they would be able to go and see the show again. Another explorer also said "I hope Showtime is a good as that!"