Scouts, both boys and girls 12 - 17 participated in loads of activities
during the day and hung out at the 'El Dorado' in the evening.
We made friends with English and Welsh girl guides and with scouts from lots of
other countries.
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| We were in Mars Subcamp |
Scouts from 18 nations were at Orbis 2006 |
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| Scottish Scouts made a big impression in their kilts |
Movie listings were posted on subcamp noticeboard |
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| This is the opening evening |
It was so hot that a fire engine drove round hosing down scouts |
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| This was the jamboree mascot 'Orbismann' |
Here he is again without his 'Dr Seuss' hat |
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| There was some pretty dangerous swordfighting going on ... |
...and Hawkers turned up hawking with vultures ! |
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| Iain and Andrew ran the souvenir shop and made lots of (girl)friends |
There were also other scout shops from European countries |
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| Robbie drew the crowds in with his pipes - apparently cries of 'Peace!' mean 'Again!' in Czech (or so he thinks). |
This was the 'Tchaiovna' tea-house |
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| A giant gyroscope - not recommended for those with the 'runs' |
Water football supplied the First Aid tent with lots of practice |
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| We had bucking bronco practice |
And a massive scalextrix track |
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| Trampolines gave more opportunities for the First Aid tent |
There were also lots of arts and crafts stands |
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| Excursions a plenty - this is us outside a caving complex ... |
... where we saw really impressive stalactites, chasms and chambers |
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| This is an excursion to Napoleon's fields |
A stand in sentry |
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| "Suits you!" in the torture chamber of the local castle. |
A mean Napoleonic cook served us broth for the Imperial Guard |
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| This is a Glasgow scout firing a real frontloading blackpowder musket. "Prepare to fire !" |
"Fire !" <<VERY loud bang>> |
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| And this is a real cannon which the Glasgow scouts loaded up and fired. "Prepare to fire !" |
"Fire !" <<VERY VERY VERY loud bang>> |
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| We each symbolically melted down musketballs ... |
... which were then cast into letters to create a giant anti-war poem |
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| This is us at the local equivalent of Auchengillan ... |
... where we participated in an environmental project tallying pedestrians and tourists. |
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| Frisbee was very popular ... |
... and the reservoir was where we went swimming and canoeing |
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| Alas it started to pour down during the week ... |
... and there was a mass evacuation in one of the subcamps |
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| The food was fresh and Czech |
I rather liked it. Everyone got trim on the healthy diet |
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| Oh dear.. but we did go out specially to Brno for a pizza |
... And the leaders had a glass or two of the local StaroBrno |
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| Flags representing the 18 nations come onto the stage at the closing ceremony.
The Saltire is in the middle |
Nessie has a last look before leaving |
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| Sortka was the SubCamp chief and was very friendly |
As was Pipi, also from the Czech Republic |
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| Helen was also a SubCamp chief. They were on duty 24 hours a day for 8 days |
Our Young Leaders were also popular |
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| These are Polish scouts. On the continent, there seems to be many more girl scouts than boys |
These are also Polish scouts |
