INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING
328 WARSAW SCOUTS - POLAND
Konrad and his friends have made contact with Alex. They are looking for international friends. We are happy to welcome them as friends of 1st Grimsbury Scout Group
Their Pennants
More information soon
BUILDING HOMES AND MEETING SCOUTS
Steve Coombs, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, took part in a project to build homes on behalf of Habitat for Humanity. During his stay in Cambodia he took time to meet Cambodian Scouts from 1st Oudong Scouts. Click on the picture below to view more photos. This link will take you away from our website and onto a Facebook photo album
1st Grimsbury Scout Group Geo-Cache Travel Bug (UK JOTI 2010) & (Grimsbury Viking) leave home
A geo-cache Travel Bug called "UK JOTI 2010" TB33PP8 has set off on a journey to visit the Geo-cache located in the campsite at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland.
It's mission is to get to KISC and back before the next JOTI which takes place in October 2010. You can follow the progress of this "UK JOTI 2010" Travel Bug by re-visiting this page or going to http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=2470648
4th APRIL - Weston On The Green, Oxfordshire
12th APRIL - Whitby Abbey, North Yorks
Distance Travelled: 169 miles
23rd APRIL - Heading to Staffordshire
22nd MAY - Skåne in Sweden
Distance Travelled: 724 miles
A second Travel Bug called "Grimsbury Viking" - (the Travel Bug is the same as the JOTI one but has a Grimsbury Viking badge attached to it) has been placed in a Geo-Cache in Eastern France and is trying to find its way home. You can follow progress of this badge by visiting http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=2470638
10th April - Place in a Geo-cache in village called Avolsheim in Alsace.
Distance Travelled: 452 miles
11th April - Currently heading further south in France
15th May - Travel Bug in Catalunya, North East Spain
Distance Travelled: 481 miles
Geo-caching is organized as outdoor activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container (usually a tupperware or ammo box) containing a logbook. Larger containers can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaching is most often described as a "game of high-tech hide and seek", sharing many aspects with orienteering, treasure hunting and waymarking. Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica. As of March 8, 2010, there are over 1,007,477 active geocaches over the world
International Scouting and 1st Grimsbury - a well travelled necker
Our distinctive neckerchief with the blue and gold viking badge has made it to places all over the world.
Kandersteg International Scout Centre
A Grimsbury neckerchief has taken residence amongst hundreds of other neckerchiefs that are permanantly on display in the Scout Centre
Suolahti Partio
Suopartio is a Scout Troop in Suolahti, Central Finland. Akela met them last summer and maintain regular contact with its Scout Leader Maija and their Assistant Leader Arttu
Tichodrome Scout Troop is based in Le Locle in North West Switzerland. We made contact with them during the 2008 Jamboree on the Internet
In the summer of 2007 - a cub from 1st Grimsbury did the final flag raise of the centenary year
Light of Peace - Luce del Pace
A couple of months ago straight after JOTI/JOTA an Italian Scout group from Padua in Italy sent out a request to all their JOTI/JOTA (Jamboree On The Internet/Air) contacts asking for as many Scout Groups as possible to send in their Message of Peace to form one big message.
A video was produced combining all these messages of peace and was used in Padua during their annual "Light of Peace from Bethlehem" ceremony and reception
The Italian Scouts have sent out a link today so that you can view this truely international video in which 1st Grimsbury Scout Group feature.
Apologiies for the excessive use of Google Earth on behalf of the Italians, but the first section shows how the light has travelled from Bethlehem to Padua, and Google Earth does fly over Grimsbury on a couple of occasions. If however you are impatient our bit happens just after the Swedes at 15 minutes: 15 seconds.
Light of the Peace around the world from Light of the Peace on Vimeo.
DSPG Langerwehr
Our friends from DSPG Langerwehe, a Scout Troop from near Aachen in Germany orignally produced a video called "This is the Pfad from Amarillo" a Pfadfinder is a Scout in German
They recorded version 2 on their Summer Camp is Sweden and it won an award in Germany. You can watch the second version below
This is the Pfad to Amarillo II from Andi H on Vimeo.
