tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90896365606162910252011-04-22T04:44:34.212+01:00Hi, My name is Ben Bowen and I am a member of Greater Manchester East Mafeking Unit, attending the 21st World Scout Jamboree in England in the summer of 2007. This is my blog, and I'll try to post while I am there, with some photos too! Also check out my own site at: www.benbowen.co.ukBen Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580636522525469462noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089636560616291025.post-2772782513524650272007-08-01T17:55:00.000+01:002007-08-01T17:58:50.237+01:00<strong>Day 5</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Terraville - lots of workshops from different countries<br />Including Jousting at lunch<br /><br /><strong>Day 6</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Scouting Sunrise, we renewed our promise and then held food tasting from around the worls. Now have a 'Gifts for Peace' concert.<br /><br />Recharged batteries on camera, so will now take more photos and upload soon. Along with full reports!<br /><br />Ben<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9089636560616291025-277278251352465027?l=ben21wsj.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580636522525469462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089636560616291025.post-39774814901912047502007-07-29T22:28:00.000+01:002007-07-29T22:32:23.366+01:00<strong>Day 3 - 28th July 2007 cont.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />In the evening an opening party was held, and this featured lots of local bands, and an amazing 12 year old singer!<br /><br /><strong>Day 4 - 29th July 20o7</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Splash Day! We went to splash after a long coach ride, 2 hours. Splash is a hlaf days water activity! I took part in some fun raft building. This allowed us to develop team skills and meet new people.<br /><br />I didn't take my camera, for fear of losing it or it getting wet.<br /><br />We then waited an hour for a coach and then returned an hour later to the sub camp!<br /><br />This evening has been Challenge 100, and you guessed it, it has 100 challenges to do in your unit on the camp. We managed to get 91 done, which was the highest so far. Great fun and a good way to meet people.<br /><br />Blog again soon with photos!<br /><br />Ben<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9089636560616291025-3977481490191204750?l=ben21wsj.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580636522525469462noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089636560616291025.post-37109538638406851882007-07-28T19:41:00.000+01:002007-07-28T20:12:06.605+01:00Hi Guys,<br /><br />Sorry for lack of updates, but we only just got internet access on our hub!<br /><br />So let's start from the beginning!<br /><br /><strong>Day 1 - 26th Juky 2007</strong><br /><br /><br />We set off from the City of Manchester stadium at 7.00am, and finally arrived at the Jamboree some several hours later at 1.15pm.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquOuIPMP7I/AAAAAAAAAAU/2lHUwWG6-CA/s1600-h/P1010003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092320726808805298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquOuIPMP7I/AAAAAAAAAAU/2lHUwWG6-CA/s200/P1010003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We then set up camp, in some very windy weather, with the added addition of a heavy rainfall! This destroyed the marquee, but hey it all looks great!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquPWYPMP8I/AAAAAAAAAAc/drWYk3o9J7o/s1600-h/P7270023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092321418298539970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquPWYPMP8I/AAAAAAAAAAc/drWYk3o9J7o/s200/P7270023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We then had a UK Contingent BBQ and party at the Tropical Hub, a good 20 minutes walk! The party included acts as Liberty X and Lemar.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquP2YPMP9I/AAAAAAAAAAk/oIYr186EnDk/s1600-h/P7260021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092321968054353874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquP2YPMP9I/AAAAAAAAAAk/oIYr186EnDk/s200/P7260021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That was it for the first day!<br /><br /><strong>Day 2 - 27th July 2007</strong><br /><br />All the Scouts from the rest of the world are now arriving, and the day was a great opportunity to go out and meet lots of Scouts and have some fun badge trading!<br /><br /><em></em><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquSQIPMP-I/AAAAAAAAAAs/a5NZJs0agS0/s1600-h/P7280024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092324609459240930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquSQIPMP-I/AAAAAAAAAAs/a5NZJs0agS0/s200/P7280024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That was it for Friday, the last relaxed day we have!<br /><br /><strong>Day 3 - 28th July</strong><br /><br />The opening ceremony! Things kicked off with some entertainment at our Sub-camp HQ, with some music and lots of cheering!<br /><br />We were then let by a kinight on a horse to the main arena to join 40,000 other Scouts, the oepning ceromony was good and involved lots f songs and entertainment. His Royal Highness Prince William opened the ceremony, although he didn't say anything, and the official world flag was parachuted in!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquTJoPMQAI/AAAAAAAAAA8/r11f7M-hLFk/s1600-h/P7280075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092325597301719042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquTJoPMQAI/AAAAAAAAAA8/r11f7M-hLFk/s200/P7280075.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquTwoPMQBI/AAAAAAAAABE/X04LCMEFbLs/s1600-h/P7280028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092326267316617234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RquTwoPMQBI/AAAAAAAAABE/X04LCMEFbLs/s200/P7280028.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><em></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then this afternoon, I managed as a YSP to get involved with a project called <em>Scout Tube </em>aiming to get Scout's views on to the internet through 30 second sound bites. This is fun, and will last the whole Jamboree and on! Take a look at: <a href="http://btscouttube.com/">http://btscouttube.com/</a><br /><br /><br /><br />That is it for now!<br /><br /><br />I'll blog again soon, and hopefully the weather will hold out, it is beautiful sunshine at the moment! Splash tomorrow!<br /><br /><br />Ben.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9089636560616291025-3710953863840685188?l=ben21wsj.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580636522525469462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089636560616291025.post-69671814291318108432007-07-26T05:21:00.000+01:002007-07-26T05:22:58.666+01:00Well the journey has now begun, I am up!<br /><br />I leave in 40 minutes to go to the pick up point.<br /><br />My next post will be from the Jamboree itself, after a coach ride and probably not till tomorrow.<br /><br />So have fun, and I'm off to grab some breakfast!<br /><br />Ben<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9089636560616291025-6967181429131810843?l=ben21wsj.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580636522525469462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089636560616291025.post-41895130206314438312007-07-25T18:02:00.000+01:002007-07-25T18:17:39.571+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RqeDgIPMP6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/iXAo4K37o5U/s1600-h/packed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ru8ggm_uw9w/RqeDgIPMP6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/iXAo4K37o5U/s320/packed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091182491755888546" border="0" /></a><br />Well I am now all packed and ready to go!<br /><br />We set off at 7am tomorrow morning from Manchester City Football Stadium...<br /><br />I am looking forward to the next two weeks, and from members of IST already down there it's looking good!<br /><br />Also, keep your eye on the 'Short updates via Twitter' on the right. This allows me to make short posts from my phone!<br /><br />Ben<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9089636560616291025-4189513020631443831?l=ben21wsj.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580636522525469462noreply@blogger.com0