Back in 2015, Girlguiding South West entered a team into the Fastnet Face, a yacht race from the Isle of Wight to the lighthouse at Fastnet Rock and then back to Plymouth and to mark the event, they came up with the Fastnet Challenge badge. The Guides my Rangers are kind of twinned with did… More Keeping busy: the Fastnet Challenge badge
When I went to Pax Lodge for the Thinking Day weekend a few years ago – 2016? 2017? – I completed their challenge and the receptionist who signed it off said they’d never seen a challenge completed so thoroughly. I might do a blog post about it later in the year. It’s partly about Pax… More The Our Chalet Challenge
All Girl Guides and Girl Scouts have five homes around the world, the World Centres. We have one of them right here in London, Pax Lodge, and I spent the Thinking Day weekend there. Thinking Day is the most important day in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)’s calendar – it’s… More Turn Back Time: A Pax Lodge Challenge Around London
You may know I’m a Guide & Ranger leader. You may not know I’m a member of the Trefoil Guild. That’s “Guiding for Adults”, although I usually describe it as “Brownies for grown-ups”. The Trefoil have meetings, do what they like and have no unit leader responsibilities. All the fun, none of the hassle. However,… More I finished my Bronze Voyage Award!