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Bee Hive visit at Stella House in Newburn
Bees’ Needs Week 9 – 17th July There seems to be a week for everything these days, some more bizarre than others, but it was a coincidence that as I was writing this guiding update that I received an email from The Wildlife Trust informing me that it was Bees’ Needs Week from the 9 – […]
Kendal camping – Day 1 – Bowness on Windermere
Airbed Issues After a dodgy night of slumber with a very rude 3am (then 5am) wake up call due to a rapidly deflating air bed, I was up, showered and drinking my cup of tea in the sunshine by 8am. Despite the baking hot temperatures in the tent the rest of the Hooper gang were […]
Rainbows Sleepover – Pasture House, County Durham
A few months ago one of my local guide leader friends Natalie sent an instant message asking if I fancied coming along on a Rainbows sleepover in March. I did!!…….. but as I hadn’t been on a guiding overnight since my own Brownie pack holiday at Spennymoor, County Durham in the late 1980’s, I was […]
Girl guiding adventures…it’s only an hour a week!
Brownie Bells My journey with the Girl Guides started in the small church hall of St Marks church in Jarrow when I joined the brownies at 7. This church is now a boot camp gym – a reflection on dwindling church goers I guess! Oh and the fact half of the streets surrounding it were […]