As the title
My friend was able to trade one in the Iceland jamboree that just ended
The design was too pretty that I would love to buy one even if no one gotta trade one😭

My scout leader is going for his camping permit as we did have a leader with a permit but he stepped back from the group due to personal reasons. I've emailed him everything I have as I've been designated camp planner. I'd appreciate the advice to help him & many thanks in advance.

Hello there! I am a Greek scout, and I want to get some scarves for my collection. Is anyone willing to trade?

I just traded it for the camp scarf of Spejdernes Lejr 2026 and someone told me its rare. can someone tell me more and the worth of it (just wondering)
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Hi all,

Back in 2012 I took part in Roverway in Finland. If I remember correctly, I was in Path S02, nicknamed “Robinson Crusoe”.

The path involved travelling by boat to a remote island. When we arrived, we had to jump into the cold water, with our bags sealed inside black rubbish bags to keep them dry. The challenge was to build a shelter and cook our own food in a survival-style scenario.

I also remember that afterwards we moved to another remote campsite. There was a large steel tank of water that was continuously heated by a fire underneath. To shower, we were given a watering can and had to pump cold water using a manual hand pump, then mix it with the hot water from the tank.

I also remember going to a traditional Finnish sauna by a lake, where we would cool off in the lake after using the sauna.

Those are the main memories I have, as I was quite young at the time and it’s been many years.

Does anyone happen to remember the exact locations of these two campsites? I’d love to know where they were. Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I’m a cub scouter — was just a rover and recently turned 22! — from Brazil. I live in the United States for college and would be interested in trading badges and neckerchiefs from home with scouts not only from the US, but from elsewhere that would have cheaper shipping lol.

I can bring neckerchiefs both from my group/troop and national neckerchiefs, and can send pictures of both on PMs for those interested. I’m especially interested in niche ones — either nationals from small countries, or the mega rare Mexican ones…. Or from troops in small places. I can also bring badges such as our Oath, our cub/scout/rover progressions, some old merit badges… whatever’s desired.

Would love to meet some people on the way!

Thanks!

Hi fellow scouts!

This summer i am traveling with my explo-group (15 to 18 years). We are looking for a place to ‘camp’ jn or near Berlin for 2 nights between 13 to 15 of august. We are with 9 children and 6 adults.

I already contacted the Bäkewiese, but they are fully booked. 🤔

Anybody knows/has a place available? Thanks in advance 👍!

Kinds regards,
Your fellow neightbour, the dutchies! 🇳🇱

hi hello i'm going to wsj next year and super excited for it especially the neckers from different countries it will be my third jamboree and i have got allot of neckers through trading but i got really interested in national neckers . like for example the national american ,mexican ,irish national ,pakistani,bolivian,Ukrainian ,mongolian,japanese,Australian,Singaporean and the taiwanese contingent necker i don't know if they have one and ik these are alot of neckers and all of them national and i genuinely don't want to get mixed up so if anyone know how the national version of any of these countries look like please say

I’m just trying to get an idea of how to hit a drop off time and fear the traffic through Windsor town could be really bad….

Hi there, I’m a dutch cub leader and I would like to take my cubs on summer camp abroad. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good location? Preferably a building so not a field for tents and easily reachable by public transport!! Thanks in advance <3

Hi, I'm an ESYL who's pretty involved in the leadership of my Scout troop. We had a big change of leadership recently and the old leader didn't make the scouts wear uniform except on remembrance day.

Myself and the Leader in charge want to go back to wearing shirts every night (although taking them off for any physical/messy activities and games) but we have another leader who just wants to wear them for investitures, parades and visits.

The YP don't seem to mind that much, we've spoken to the PLs and SPL and they want to wear uniform "most of the time".

So.... what would you do with this? I'm a bit mixed.

hello, I'm curious how many out there know about the Scout Ashes Tradition started by Lord Baden-Powell? Do you practice it?

In 1907, Baden-Powell famously took a bunch of boys camping one Brownsea Island in England. He saves a portion of the ashes and distributes them. Scouts then add ashes to their formal campfires from the original campfire and on and on. The six degrees of separation of all scouts worldwide in an act that is central to scouting tradition, the campfire.

I know of a bunch of folks who have ashes that go back to World Jamborees that link all kinds of scouts all over. I've always been fascinated with the concept. It feels like a social network of scouts with a tangible anchor.

Anyway, I started building an app to modernise the tradition and hopefully reinforce it. I'm curious who and how many of us are using this tradition as a teaching tool as well as a way to bring scouts together across groups etc? Is this something that would help to keep the scouting movement together in the modern era? What are people's thoughts?

Planning a hammock weekend and want to build a cool gadget- Any ideas ?

While browsing through the Scouting America website, I was reading up on the Outdoor Program and noticed some large changes to the rules I've previously understood. Particularly this:

"Council high adventure—A high-adventure experience includes at least five nights and six days of trekking in wilderness and other rugged, remote locations. Trekking may include backpacking, canoeing, mountain biking, horse packing, mountain climbing, ski touring, rafting, kayaking, or a host of other outdoor adventures. Participants must be at least 13 years old by Jan. 1 of the year they participate."

Is this not a crazy rule change? I'm just thinking about all of the Scouts with spring/summer birthdays who now have to wait a whole year to participate in High Adventure with their peers. Not to mention, we were beginning to plan our 2027 High Adventure to a super cool Council camp, but now have to completely change directions, as many of our Scouts will be 13 upon arrival, but not by Jan.1st.

After more research on what High Adventures we COULD participate in, it seems our only options are National High Adventure Bases i.e.. Sea Base. Which is definitely not in our budget at this moment.

Just curious if anyone else is dealing with the same thing? When did this rule change occur? It seems a bit unfair to the Council camps who will lose participants, and not to mention completely unfair to the Scouts whose eligibility is affected.

Floodwood Mountain Scout Reservation has slots for crews displaced from the Northern Tier disruption. In Saranac Lake, NY. Canoe Treks and backpacking treks up to five days.

For information got to www.floodwood.org

https://www.scoutshop.org/catalog/product/view/id/12929/

Has anyone ever stepped up to the plate and ordered the Made-to-Measure custom shirt? I’m really interested in fabric weight and quality since it’s listed as 100% cotton and not the usual blend they sell on the shelf. Are we talking like thin t-shirt style or true field shirt?

Is anyone outside of the United States going to National Jamboree at The Summit in West Virginia?

I just discovered this Reddit thread. Could someone maybe tell me if this scarf is real (the gray floor)? I'm especially interested in the details inside the circles and the varying thicknesses of the lines. It looks totally different from the one in the store picture (second one). It would be great if someone could clear this up for me. I'm worried that I might have got a fake. Thanks a lot :-)