Becky

Personally one of the best toasters ever to toast on our screens. I mean can you think of any other famous toasters that have appeared on any TV series or films? Personally I can't. I mean yes it is one of the most annoying toasters that loves to annoy Lister (Red Dwarf) but who can say that it does not make them smile when ever it appears on the screen and says its most famous words "I toast, therefore I am".

Perhaps this is just me, perhaps I am trying a little bit to get out of doing college work by watching Red Dwarf but I will leave you with this... (utterly pointless but who cares)

Lister, red dwarf series four, episode four (see I am practicing some sort of referencing here )

"...no muffins, no toast, no teacakes, buns, babs, baguettes or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes, no hot cross buns and defiantly no flat jacks
Toaster ...
So you are a waffle man.

So after really enjoying last years outdoor show with the Bushcraft boys
(video http://www.bushcraftmagazine.co.uk/events.php)
I went back to help out with this years' show. Yes I had about two hours of sleep on Thursday night but I actually got to the show with half hour to spare, and yes it was spent drinking a cup of tea.
Girlguiding this year had four stands of their own, each doing a different activity as well as about 9 other of the shows biggest stalls, each doing an activity. Kids, and adults alike all got a chance to do some of the activities on offer, while collecting a stamp from girlguiding, five stamps got them a free foldable Frisbee (yes I got very excited about this!) And to be fair Girlguiding did a pretty good job this year, especially as we won best in show for our stalls.
The stalls were spread over all of the show and included, building a shelter, a massive graffiti wall, a spiders web to climb through, a water activity (that saw me in Asda at 9pm buying a paddling pool), climbing, ice climbing, high-ropes, fire lighting, mountain bike riding, caving, canoeing, navigation, orienteering, slack-ropes (one of the best things ever) etc etc etc. I think that it is safe to say that there was plenty to do.

Apart from that what more could you want from a few days at a show. I mean great people who give up their time to keep kids and adults amused for hours on end, and I am not just talking about Guiding but also Scouts. We are a bit of a crazy lot I guess, ask someone who has been involved and they will tell you their best bits and forget all the crying kids, the rain, the soaking shoes that you spread out to dry for 50 odd kids at 11pm, the almost setting fire to the hut and the traditional one of losing a kid. But then thats just the leaders and their groups. But then its not all about looking after kids, it's also about being able to go and meet people who are like you, that you can talk to for hours and mess around with, it is about sprinting round a show after they close the doors, trying out the kids activities, drinking, singing, giving you almost unlimited confidence, allowing you to randomly talk to any one, being welcome anywhere, feeling at home at any centre and generally messing around and probably making a fool of myself but who would not want to be involved in this??

As you may have gathered, if you read the Express and Star or have been looking on e bay for High School Musical tickets, there is a lot of money for anyone who wants to sell their tickets.

I happen to have 23 tickets sitting in my room(for the Guides), which at the most are worth about £100 each... you can do the maths. However this prompted a discussion, which came out with the only sensible answer (well kind of)

Basically Ann and me are going to sell the tickets on e bay, run off to Holland and participate in some clog, cycling cheese eating weed taking fun. I am not sure how this came about but it then lead onto another discussion with Beach. This lead to the story of our cheeses eating, clog, cycling, weed taking trip to be made into a film by Disney (same people who did High School) which the lead would be played by Dumbo, the great flying elephant... because he has big ears and should probably be associated with any drug taking trips.

* note .... we did decide to keep the tickets, so please don't think that the Guides are being outdone for cheese. Or Cheese, with a weed topping served in a clog!