Yesterday was the 100th Birthday of Scouting – a Century of the most popular youth organisation in the world!

 To celebrate this scouts from all over the world gathered at 8am to renew their promise. This involved me getting up at 5 and making my way to the main arena as I had volunteered to help steward the ceremony which started at 6. This meant I got a really good seat, and narrowly missed being caught on a BBC camera. At about 8 a video link was made with Scouts on Brownsea Island, two represenatives from each of the 156 Scouting countries represented at the Jamboree.

In the evening was the ‘Gifts For Peace’ concert which was a bit of a big party with some bands, including Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue.