I'm back!

Hello all, I am back from the dreaded world of GCSEs!

So a few weeks ago I finished my GCSEs and I now have a 3 month holiday - lucky me!

During May I had the privilege of meeting Bear Grylls at the joint WSJ camp at Ferny Crofts. Due to my exams, I could only go for a few hours but the short stay was made up by meeting the Chief Scout! Much better than French Revision!

I have my next camp coming up this weekend with The Tea and Biscuits; it'll be great to see the WSJ lot again! Also I am going on a media camp with Kenneth and Ed the weekend after next. This camp will be with Scouts/Explorers from every UK Contingent. The aim of this camp will be to prepare us for what we need to say/do during interviews whilst out in Japan. I am really looking forward to this because it will be a challenge and I love meeting new people!

Various Chandlers Ford WSJ Committee events have been happening and I have been dragged back into school to help with these (not that I have anything to do anyway!). We did staff car washing and sold Jubbly's & Lucozades at Sports day. Then soon I will be off to Jersey for a week with my old Scout Troop and whilst there I will be selling the Jelly Bean neckers.

Today I did some gardening for a neighbour, he was very grateful for my efforts.

Take care.

James

Exam Period - Fun times...

Well I haven't been on here in a while...

There is a valid reason for that and that's because I have been studying hard for my GCSEs!

I will be away from the social aspect of fundraising for about 6 weeks but then after than I shall be fundraising all the time!

I already have a few fundraising ideas lined up:

-Gardening

-Car Washing

-Dog Walking

-Painting sheds

-Sponsored Cycles

-Car Boots

-Rowing to Japan

So its goodbye for a few weeks and then I'll be back working my socks off fundraising! 

Quiz Night - 28th March 2014

The Friday just gone, myself and 3 other explorers ran a quiz night that was held at our local community centre, The Hilt. We had a huge turnout with 162 adults turning up.

Fish 'n Chips were delivered by the local chip shop half way through. Well when I say 'half way through' I mean we only got through two rounds before supper arrived because we didn't anticipate it would take so long to do one round! Then to make it extra confusing, especially for Harvey doing the scoring, we changed some of the rounds around which made it more of a challenge to see who would come out on top! Well done 'Club Fromage' for winning!

We had 12 rounds varying from Geography to Naming Musicals! Various jokers were also played throughout the night to allow people to gain double points on rounds which unleashed their strong points! Some rounds went down better that others - the musicals one was very interesting... when we finally got the sound working!

It went on later than expected by the longer it went on, the more people bought alcohol so we made some money on the bar as well.

As a result of our combined efforts we made a substantial amount of money and thank you to everyone who supported us in attending our quiz night!

We cannot wait to do another one!

PS enjoy my many photos :)

Pre Quiz Preparations

Well it's nearly time to commence this evening's WSJ fundraising quiz! We have 164 adults turning up to create 24 teams! Fish 'n Chip supper during the break as well as a fully licensed bar available throughout the evening!

We'll keep you posted via Twitter @Jelliottman 

Here are some preparation photos for you all to see!

The Tea and Biscuits - March Camp

The weekend just gone was amazing!

The Tea and Biscuits (formerly known as Unit 11) had a unit camp up at Pinsent Campsite in Winchester over the weekend just gone. We did many activities from playing many rounds of manhunt to making origami cranes. 

Those going to the Jamboree with us from Guernsey also came across for the weekend and it was great to meet them; I cannot wait to see them again!

Also the Unit name was decided and we are no longer Unit 11 but in fact we are The Tea and Biscuits.

I had a really great time on the camp with the rest of my unit and I cannot wait until the next camp!

PS:- Check out The Tea and Biscuits blog - teaandbiscuits-japan2015.weebly.com