Guiders Staff Room Part 3

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Reconvening over here ladies.

Well done! That's a fantastic achievement! My Dds are younger, but I hope one day they achieve CG.

Thanks ladies. The certificate was dated 6 months ago. We only just managed to locate it.

She's now an adult leader 😍

Fantastic.

A year has passed, and it's the campfire skills night again tonight. I feel very unprepared. Changing it around so my senior sixes will be cooking for the rest.

District trip Saturday. My second adult has to work, she doesn't get much warning with her rotas. Trying to get a parent helper - will it's like getting blood from a stone!

Inflagrante Sometimes you have to get to the point of cancelling before someoe steps up. Fingers crossed that someone does for you.

We got one, with the caveat of no zip wires!

Today was great. Turned out we were headed for a local NT place.

Excellent news Inflagrante. Glad it all turned out well.

We took the pack to London for the Trooping. 'Exhausted' does not come close to describing it, but they had lots of fun.

Just back from Magic and Mayhem at Foxlease.
Was fab. Can highly recommend.

I did M&M at Blackland Farm, day only. The Brownies loved it and all very manageable size wise at BF. How did sleeping in the marquee go @heratnumber7 ? It was so sweltering in ours during the day that I didn't envy anyone staying over!

It was fine. The air felt damp this morning, I think from the condensation from 500 sleeping people, and some Guiders have no control over their Brownies when it comes to bed time, but all in all it was a fab day, and we had a reasonable night's sleep.

Ooh Herat We've got this pencilled in for next year. Can't imagine how you got any sleep at all!!!

The kids were shattered. Most of the groups had had an early start on Saturday - we left home at 7.15am - and they were running round in the fresh air all day. It was lights out at 10, and I think pretty much all 500 of us were asleep by 11.

First stirrings were around 6ish - so not much different from a work day for me.

Note: if you do go, take some folding chairs with you, unless you like sitting on the ground.

Anybody here in acro gymnastics and options to move to artistic?

I did take folding chairs and was very glad :-D

Thanks for posting re Magic & M.
Hoping to do next year (if they do it).
Do the adults sleep with the girls ? I couldn’t work that out when I read the info this year.
Did you have any snoring adults?
And what about Toilets were they near the tent?

Adults and girls all slept together. We were given our own area on the floor of the big tent.
Honestly, I was so tired, I went out like a light too. I wouldn't have noticed if anyone had been snoring I probably was though.

Toilets were clean and stuff. Some proper toilets and lots of portaloos. Not that close to the tent tbh. I made sure not to drink after about 8pm, just in case!

Oops I've told ONE parent that we are reopening Brownies and I seem to be full.
Depends if all the girls that were on the list when we closed, actually come back again.

That's good Drspouse x

Thank you

Oops! That's promising though

Yes indeed.
I have now asked a connection of mine if she could mention it and explain really carefully to parents at a refugee group as I know if I publicise widely I'll just get the usual suspects and I'd really like it to be open to girls who would benefit more e.g. new to the country, but whose parents might not actually know what Guiding is.

(Had two parents say they didn't think so as they can't make the new time, so I have a couple of spaces!)

Dear parent

Wind yiur nexk in we are not 'staff'. Otherwise we wouldn't have chased you for 2 and a half months for overdue subs. Wise owl would have brought a grievance against you by now too.

Good grief!

Oh dear Becles. Hope you are ok x

Wow, everything OK?

Life has become rather interesting here, and I've going from being an additional adult to make up ratios to 1/3 of a team organising a guide camp in less than 3 weeks. Can't let my hard work go to waste--think my Brownies will have to go camping for my licence next!