GSL Blog

The GSL blog - Summer Term 2008.

'I hope all leaders and scouts have a great summer break, it is a time to enjoy what sunshine we get and spend extra time with our families on holidays. I am sure we are spreading to all parts of the world in search of our holiday destinations. I am staying closer to home with a trip to Cornwall, which in good weather always looks fantastic with great walking.

I am planning to visit Cheddar Gorge on the way down and also to see Tintagel for the first time. I hope to do some fishing and catch some sea bass this year and work on my watercolour paintings as the scenery is so good.

I look forward to the rest of the scouting year in 2008 when the days close in and the northern hemisphere loses the sun but seems to find it's true place. I hope to take part in some more camps this year as sometimes it takes looking through the haze of campfire smoke to see the world clearly.

The scouts have their trip to the Somme in France which I have not been on yet, so look forward to that.

I missed all the 'end of scouting year celebrations' again as I was over in the Netherlands doing my four-day walk for the 6th time. This time I took the whole family, which was different, but worked out really well.

I want everyone to please put a date in their diaries for next year. We have a whole pantomine for the 8th Ashford group all to ourselves. It will be a matinee show of Robinson Crusoe on Saturday the 17th of January 2009. I would like all the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and all the leaders to come along to Wandsworth for the show. More details to follow, but mark your diaries now!!

Michael