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vOrk one has to do the less inchned I suppOse it is on1y human that the less 、 one fee1s to wOrk. At least it is so with n1e, and I fear this outlook has ahnOst been de1ayed beyond the dead-line for publication。 I may have some excuse for 。xcuses for this dθ 1ay and disinchnation for work(human nature again to mak handy on the hills and one’ s neg1ect o￡ duty) in so far as the sun is shining br⒒ 1vrite, and the call to be out and about is alrnost irresistible。 I have lake as I ・ ve journey which a1so ju哎 returnqd to my beloved Lake Distrkt from an exten⒍
took me to Berkshire to co11ect my son at school for his surnrner holidays, to London to saVour some of the dehghts o￡ that city, to stratford-on-Avon for a ′ rheatre, and to Stokeˉ onrrrent to visit our scout 【 shakespeare play at ˇ emorial friends in the North Staffordshire E)istrict。
some of youˉ the members of the Jub⒒ ee Jamboree contingent-have a1ready onderfu1 hospitahty of our stoke-on-Trent friends; it has to be experienced the Ⅵ「 eaten to be beheved. ˇIore o￡ you have met,when he visited Hong Kong in1958, ly their genial and active secretary, C。 Marsha11 A1nor, who is known affectionatθ A。 The Boy scouts of stOke aae fortunate to the boys in the E)istrict as C。 WΙ 。 not only in having a lvonderfully sympathetic and understanding secretary, but also in having Ⅵ/ithin easy reach of their cro、 vθ d industrial town a dehghtful
camping site in Kibblestone Park. This park war former1y the home of the vas previously loaned to the Boy scouts, makers of the famous spode china, 、
and has nOw been bought by them as a campiny site and training ground。 When I visited the site there 11vere a l∶ lumber of troops camping there, not only from 、 I 、 'as entertained in tbe lRover stoke but from orther parts of the British Isles。 Vere on duty:Inember of the Chain Gang as they are Vho 、 Den by the Scouts 、 ldest of、 vbom was seventeen。 I was amazed to find from popu1ar1y knoⅥ /n-the θ ere in complete chargθ o￡ the camp。 their conversation 1hat these young lads Ⅵ厂
They had no intention of boasting, but quite casua1ly frorn litt1e bits o￡ their ta1k, I gathered that they had arranged for the n1orning inspection o￡ the troops °n the site, the presentation of camping standards awards, and a camp fire on the previous evening,and a1l this invOlved securing the coˉ operation of scoutmasters ere ere also running a camp shop, There哂 厂 much senior tO themse1ves。 They `、 厂