We arrived at the WSJ in blazing heat on Wednesday 27th July. Izzy`s birthday. We had had only a couple of hours sleep the night before and our crate had been put on the wrong site so pitching was hard work.
The unit have embraced the plan for working in patrols and are presenting the leadership team with tasty meals. Storage of food is a problem since the sun came out so they shop for each meal in turn.
We had four days of almost continuous rain. it did stop for the opening ceremony which was very entertaining. The Unit would have liked the ceremony to be longer though.
A day spent in the Global Development Village was followd by `Dream` which we started at 2330 hours and finished at 0230. This explored the Unit`s impression of life. as we travelled from death to birth.
A rest day followed which we used to build more gadgets and gateway projects.
On Sunday we did `Earth` module. They learnt how our actions affect our environment and planet. The sun shone for the first time so the Leaders` gift to the Unit was 4 hourds of clthes washing. Forget the Union flag bunting, every site was edged with drying clothes.
Yesterday we went on a `Quest` with many thought provoking team and individual challenges.
Today we are off to Camp in Camp. I write from the coach. I have my patrol and we are with a Bavarrian patrol, one from Belgium and another from Italy. We have been travelling a couple of hours but do not know our destination, nor that of the rest of the unit. Very exciting.
GLN Unit are very popular and we have many regular guests. Of note:Oskar from Sweden and Spencer from Canada.
Will try to write more on our return toWSJ tomorrow night.
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