....hang on, I've lost my drumsticks....

Well, I have updated the end of term scores (as currently shown on the front page of the website - Andy will update this v.soon no doubt) to include last Friday at Everett's; the party/sleepover, and the two spells at the soup kitchen (assuming those who volunteered for today all turn up). To emphasise the importance of fundraising I have raised the number of points for these activities to 4 pts per person.

The final end of term scores are.....

RED WATCH

79 points.

GREEN WATCH

135 points

WHITE WATCH

144 points

BLUE WATCH

161 points

Fantastic effort folks, and great to see so many parents there. A big thank-you to all who took part, bonus points all round. Also a special 10 point bonus to Harry H-B (sharper than your average pencil!) for putting together such a brilliant Powerpoint.

It was slightly disappointing though that only 17 explorers turned up - only half the unit - and so only half the parents got to see what we had been up to & more importantly, how our trip to Canada is to be organised and financed. It will be those parents who will be worrying about the cost of the trip, unaware of the extent of our plans for making the trip more affordable.

Happy bday Taffy

Just to say a big thank you to everybody who were involved on Acorn last Saturday. We had 14 explorers on three seperate checkpoints. Gladiator Winkle has also asked me to pass on his thanks.

The team on my base worked extremely well together, enabling me to sit around all night & do nothing, so well done.

The bunch on the 2nd Fareham base were brilliant, helping Ann sort out last minute emergencies & taking a lot of the pressure off her. She told me that you were all a credit to the unit (no, seriously!).

You all earned your watches a couple of points each for your help on the night, and by earning praise from somebody outside of the unit, I think a bonus point each is in order! Even you Adam & Rob, who were on the 1st Fareham base.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIAM!!

Hurrah! I have managed to up/down/sideload some pictures from Testwood & National Regattas. Unfortunately they are not in a new album but in my previous album. Also I forgot to rotate some of them and filter out the rubbish ones. Well, what did you expect?