Blogmas is over! If all has gone to plan, I’ve been back from Germany just under six days and you should already have five posts on the subject – and now real time has caught up to blog time, yes, you do! So today I’m going to talk about something different: my Finnish language progress.… More How much Finnish have I learned in six months?
I suppose this doesn’t strictly come under the headings of “travel”, “outdoors” or “adventure” but I’ve done so much that does come under one of those labels thanks to the Rebel Badge Book that I think you should see the inaugural Big Rebel Meet Up of the Rebel Badge Club. There are 3,884 members in the… More I met the Rebel Badge Club!
I know, you frequently see “I did [this or that] Rebel Badge but I do other badges as well. I spied that Pawprint Badges had a Volcanoes badge and as they’re big and beautiful and I was going to Iceland, I thought I’d do that one. To be honest, I find Pawprint badges work better… More I did my Pawprint Volcanoes badge!
I did my Wild Swimmer badge! I did my Rebel Wild Swimmer badge! I went wild swimming, in the sea, lots of times! This is my fourteenth completed Rebel badge and it’s possibly the one I’m proudest of, which is mostly because this is one that I’d firmly put in the “Nope!” category when I… More I did my Rebel Wild Swimmer badge!
Part of the reason I went to Wimbleball was the SWE event Wet & Wild which I talked about in the last blog post but part of the reason was Rebel Badges. I’ve talked about this so many times that I’m not even going to link the previous posts except to say have a look… More Wet & wild at Wimbleball: doing my Rebel Camper badge
You may have noticed by now I’m a bit of a fan of the Rebel badges. Last week I talked about how I was apparently starting my Wild Swimmer badge, I’ve previously talked about Stargazer and Water Sports and Adventurer and I probably haven’t mentioned Community Service, Craft, Critic, My Brand, Linguist or Reader. Well,… More An overnight adventure in Purbeck
Last weekend, I had my first wild swim adventure and it was… well, mixed emotions. I’m opting for “wild swimming” rather than “open water swimming” or “cold water swimming”, by the way, mostly because the Rebel badge on the subject is called Wild Swimmer. It’s a badge I dithered over doing – it’s from the… More My first wild swim adventure!
My county came up with a May lockdown challenge badge in 2020 which kept me nice and busy. In 2021 they did another: the Jurassic Plod badge. Yes, May 2021. I only finished it last week, in April 2022. The “plod” in question doesn’t have to be along the Jurassic Coast but I immediately decided… More Jurassic Plod challenge badge
Guess what? I did my Rebel Stargazer badge! I’m not going to do a separate post for every Rebel badge I do – I’ve already talked about the Water Sports badge but Adventurer just got a mention at the bottom of that post, Community Service isn’t getting a post because it’s just doing Brownies and… More I did my Rebel Stargazer badge!
Over the years, many people have bemoaned the lack of adult Brownie badges. One in four women in the UK have been involved in Girlguiding at some point in their lives and anyone who’s ever earned a badge as a Brownie or a Guide feels, however deep down in their soul it is, that it’s… More I did my Rebel Water Sports badge!