strangely enough....

The Scouts were camping at the weekend, minus me for once.... which is unusual.. but for once i was otherwise engaged.... but i believe a good time was had by al..and indeed by all.... I'm sure I would have heard otherwise.... but when i got home from wherever, there was Scouting Magazine waiting for me, complete with pics of two of my fellow blogsters.. and a quote from here about Poacher 2008.... which was nice to see... but that's by the by.... I only mention it from an inflated sense of my own importance... we also have a carpet in our gents loo... which possibly has more importance to Scouting in Thringstone.... and we are also in the process of buying our new lamps, which (shameless plug.. sorry...) we must thank Caterpillar and Bardon Aggregates for, seeing as they forked out for them... ain't local business great! but again, i'm losing the point i wasn't making..... which was that I'm glad I got back into Scouting all those years ago.... and in the great tradition of the Scout Law, I really do see us as one big family.... we get forced to live together, argue a lot, hog the remote control, but in times of trouble we all pull together.... I remember well on eof my Scouts many years ago coming up to me on camp, and drawing me to one side, then telling me that all the Scouts knew my marriage was over, and that they'd understand if i was a bit off, and that if there was anything they could do, etc... which was very touching.. where else would a bunch of 11 to 15 year olds have done that.... but as this one said, they'd all been discussing it, and they saw me as one of them.... which i think is one of Scouting's great features... it is a leveller of all.... a Scout is a Scout.... and as i seem to be getting a bit maudlin (which is strange, cos I actually feel really happy at the mo!!!) I shall sign off.... remember... we are family.... until next time.. keep Scouting!!!!