Monday, 30 June 2025
The country path
I really enjoy going along country paths that I don't have to travel far to join and love how deliberately using a wide aperture to throw the background out focus lends a softer dreamy feel to this scene rather than having front to back in sharp focus.
Friday, 27 June 2025
Baa
Looking ahead while the others enjoysa lie down in the sun surrounded by bluebells, what could be better for them or for that matter for you visiting enjoying the scene on your ramble.
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Streams II
Rich vegitation can often be observed around streams at this time of year, often posing challenges when it comes to the wide contrast compared to the sensors in modern cameras and especially film emulsions.
Monday, 23 June 2025
Guides uniform
We did look at Brownies uniforms over time and today we'll look at Guides, which started off as a two piece uniform rather tyhan the tunic of Brownies but got heavily made over in from the 1990's.
While I can see advantages to skorts or shorts for more physical activities like hiking over skirts I really don't see where 6/8ths length trousers fit in n ot least when on parade.
Friday, 20 June 2025
Money Skills
In scouts we don't just physical things but do exploring things connected with so-called life skills - what you need to get by in life - and this does include understanding and managing money.
There has been some changes to how and what we're teaching.
The Money Skills Activity Badge will help build young people’s confidence and understanding of money through creative, fun and hands- on activities. There are 16 fantastic challenges for Scouts and 10 exciting ones for Explorers – each with lots of brand-new, hands-on activies.
These have devised and tested by scouts, volunterers and leaders to ensure children and young people get that as the modern world often amplifies a disconnect between buying and saving for things and doing it when often parents pay for everything directly in the way in the past you did it yourself with cash.
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Structures
It's often intresting when you're about just what you may encounter.
Monday, 16 June 2025
Just a little respect...
While things gradually get back to normal here, with the likely increase in temperatures by the weekend a timeley reminder when it comes to camping out not least don't light fires on dry grass -it soon catches fire!
Friday, 13 June 2025
At ease
Real life issues do come into play not least in dealing with a hospitalized father so I've needed to act as an information exchange, errand running and looking after things at home ready for his return.
That and resilience from scouting has really helped.
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Heads over time
Time has a way of changing things that you may remember but today's generations would have no clue where places were even.
Styles have changed over the decades when it comes to Scout headgear but do you know all the countries represented?Monday, 9 June 2025
Brownie Uniform over time
Uniform changes over time, sometimes it reflects wider changes in fashion, sometimes more an attempt to match what various focus groups say youngsters feel more comfortable about being seen in, some times strait from the adults!
Brownie uniforms show this from the Edwardian sailor suit look though various dresses with necker changes throuhgh the controversial Jeff Banks active redesign to today where strangely enough girls felt what had been altered just a decade and bit before looked too boyish!Will things go full circle in time?
Friday, 6 June 2025
On the march
While I'm not these days up to carrying a lot on my back, not being helped by it being somewhat curved and in pain most days, if say you off on an overnight hike that's very much the right way to go about the task of distributing the load so you're not in agony after a few miles on the go.
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Team hunts
Although yesterday with its heavy showers wasn't really the weather for it a dash hunting for things in teams was always fun whither or not you were in scouts, girl guiding or whatever which I loved at the time and still enjoy.
Monday, 2 June 2025
Inspiration
If one ever really needed a simple summary of just what scouting does for YOU then this isn't a bad starting point and shows the difference it can make when you start that journey.