Our Summer camp this year was very special with 1st Wargrave participating in the Finland International Jamboree. It was a truly unique outdoor immersive experience, camping in the forest with over 17,000 Scouts from 45 countries. Our group consisted of…
Day 8 – Global Activities in Finland. Day 9 – We Travel Home!
Wednesday was our last full day at camp, we will miss Roihu, our 12 young people and 3 leaders have had so much fun here. This blog post was written by Ollie: “…Yesterday we were in the global valley. I entered…
Day 7 – Water Activities
Tuesday we had probably the most fun relaxing day so far, experiencing several new and different lake-based activities. In Finland there are over 188,000 lakes which are defined as being over 2 hectares in size and having a river flow…
Day 6 – Forest Activity Day and International Event
Monday was a very difficult day for all of us here in Finland, it was upsetting to hear about the UK Scout passing away. Our thoughts, condolences and prayers go out to the boy’s family, friends and his troop at…
Day 5 – Our Free Day & Visitors Day
Sunday was Visitors Day adding 3-4,000 families to the 17,000 Scouts and Guides onsite! It was busy! Some amazing pop-up events on the Main Street and a chance to experience other cultures. Here is a blog post from Luke: “…We…
Day 4 – Saturday we learnt about ourselves
On Saturday we ventured into the Valley called ‘About Me’. We use these blogs as a Scout reflection, from a Scouts perspective, about what they have done and learnt. For a real-time view of our Finland experience please read and…
Day 3 – Campfire in Finland!
So we made it to the weekend! In this blog we will take you through Friday our second full day in Roihu. So here is a summary of Day 3 from George: “…Yesterday we were in the creative valley and…
Day 2 – Our First Finland Activity Day!
Well we finally got our missing bags on Day 3 so we are all even happier now! We are fully into the daily programme of activities and if you have been following our Twitter account you will see all the…
Day 1 – Travelling to Finland!
It was a bit hectic yesterday so we are blogging about it today. We don’t have a lot of spare time and we are just using an iPhone – so the daily blogs will be short and sweet. For a more detailed…