Southern Region Jamboree Weblog

Another interesting day of touring. And at the end, bittersweet, as we parted from our tour guides. Many of our units told me that they surely had the ‘best’ of all the tour guides and coach drivers. That’s perfect…I hope that ALL of our units had the best. And I think that they were correct.

As noted in the previous blog, today’s tour schedule for each unit was the opposite of yesterday. So now every unit has had the opportunity to visit the complete list of London area sites noted but each unit has also traveled different routes at different times so their experience was in some ways unique.

Our weather today was variable throughout the day. Our group had light rain for most of our boat ride down the Thames to Greenwich but not enough to get us off the top deck. We were told by our guys at the jamboree site that their day was very nice until about 330PM when they were hit with a heavy rain. We all hope that the serious rain holds off tomorrow so that we can get our camps set up before the next round of wetness arrives.

Everybody today saw many many groups of Scouts from other lands including Belgians, Poles, Germans, etc. All of these groups were equally girls and guys and we had a chance to see how our guys react to the enthusiastic attention of these young ladies. As you might expect, some of our guys welcomed them with open arms and others didn’t quite know what to do. From past experience, we know that within a few days the shy ones will overcome their hesitance. The others we already know to watch closely. Spoken language is no barrier.

Tonight one can sense the rising level of excitement about tomorrow. And that’s just among the leaders! Imagine how it is among the kids……

As I write this entry, we are waiting for the credentials to arrive so that we can go directly to the jamboree site from the university. It may be a late night but it will be well worth the effort.

Hamburgers were on the menu tonight and that seemed to be the favorite choice. I cannot give enough praise to the folks at the BSA and Maritz travel groups for their organization and execution of our tour and stay here at Hertfordshire. It has been absolutely fabulous!

So much for Day 3. Not sure when the next entry will be available. Probably not tomorrow evening…..although who knows. Thank you for the feedback and I hope that you enjoy my little musings. Say a prayer for our weather and safety as we travel to the site in the morning. Au revoir. Adios. Goodbye. For now.