Still counting ...

Yeah! The International Necker has been found :) It was lurking in a not really touched since Tom moved in box along with some tights and gloves (see the lack of skirt wearing done by me means I don't look there ... ). Its in need of a good iron but otherwise OK (other than the white stripe having the odd pink tinge in places after I machine washed it by mistake a while back). I've asked Dr T to tie my friendship knot in it (as he can do them much flatter and better than me, and I believe it should be tied by a friend .....

The SWAPS are nearly complete. lots of bits of paper to sort out for Brownies tonight, for both pack related stuff and District Commisioner hat (some of which Kestrel is undertaking duties of as I'm out the country .. so she needs to know what I'm after for District meeting (yes I am indeed escaping for my 2nd meeting!)).

Mum phoned me last night to give me the lowdown on their recent trip to Canada & New England (it rained lots, dad was like a child in sweet shop in a outdoor gear outlet with lots of bargins!) and Region Camp. My sister was very helpful sorting/ helping mum (which she shouldn't of had to do ...) for her session to run (she arrived, no person on the gate, no table ... general clique for people running the event were swooning around the bod from CHQ, rather than people who sort stuff out!). There was a bit of C'bury divsion reunion as two escapees were there, along with catch up with mum updating the soon to be outgoing CC about what I was up to in the guidingwise (who I was about her first escapee from the county team, where I wore a RJC hat). Brown Owl felt really old and weird when Becca turned up with her name tag on showing her married name ... it took the old owl a while to get used to it. Becca enjoyed it, from the sounds of it Mum's session went down well (some of my sister's Guides chose it (not aware it was their Guide Leader's mum)) and reported back well about the session and some of the others wished they'd chosen it. They all seemed to have enjoyed themselves on the sub camps, although some of the activity planning could have been better.

Maybe the poor central planning of activities is a repeating theme, as the chair of Sci & Tech for GM has declined us helping set up Patrols when they arrive .. as we have so much to sort out when we get there (it seems I'm not the only one with purchasing/ supply issues) we'll need the time ourselves. Roll on a mass shop at Canadian Tire (Woolies meets Halfords)!