Kandersteg International Scout centre

Scout rules:

1. A Scout’s honour is to be trusted.
2. A Scout is loyal.
3. A Scout’s duty is to be useful and to help others.
4. A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout.
5. A Scout is courteous.
6. A Scout is a friend to animals.
7. A Scout obeys orders of his parents, Patrol Leader or Scout Master WITHOUT QUESTION.
8. A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties.
9. A Scout is thrifty.
10. A Scout is clean in thought, word and deed.

I really hated Cubs when I was a child. Having to interact with other horrible children in those Desborough terrapins.
Yet now I think of Scouts as fun and quaint; all ‘A’ frame tents, badges, walking sticks, toggles, bunk beds, rucksacks and wedgies.
We have come to stay in the Scout’s international centre in Kandersteg, Switzerland. Feeling a distinct pang of shame in answering ‘no’ when asked if i was Scout. It’s the same feeling i get with churches, I go to them but feel silly when I get there.

Our thanks to Sam and Mena.

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