Friday 19 July 2013

Final briefing!

It is very exciting to think how fast this has come round, we have been planning for ten months and have less than a month to go!
On Saturday afternoon we arrived at Ness Guide HQ, then headed to the local guide shop for badges and neckers.
Hadlow Fields Guide campsite


Rachel S arrived and we went down Nicholls Famous Ice-Cream shop at Parkgate for some delicious ice cream, we can definitely recommend it :)
Yum!

Rachel P enjoying ice cream

We then went to Sainsbury's where we emptied the shelves to find our names on coke bottles (not very successfully - we became Gurpreet, Barry, Sam...). Next we went to Cheshire Oaks but on the way we spotted a calf looking very lost and scared at the side of the road so we pulled over and Sara went off in search of the farmer. He wasn't to be found but luckily the calf managed to squeeze back through the fence.


We had tea at pizza hut then, after a bit of a palava to hide our shopping, we watched Despicable Me 2 at the cinema. We laughed, a lot - it was very funny!

The next time we all see each other will be at the airport, but until then we have plenty of packing to keep us busy!

Thursday 4 July 2013

LOTS and LOTS of badges!

Hello!
We have been very busy since our last briefing raising the rest of our money - £1000 is a lot! We have been selling hundreds of badges (yes, hundreds!) to local units and guiders and they have been very popular.

Our badges

We have done lots of fundraising over the year, including holding quiz nights (Linda and Imogen), holding Lithuania-themed evenings (Helena), raffling a giant cookie monster cupcake (Rachel S), selling knitted stockings (Catherine), selling knitted chicks (Sara) and selling lots of cake in a mug mixes (Emily).


Knitted stockings

Knitted chicks

Cake in a mug mixes

We now have a couple of hotels booked, as well as day trips to Helsinki in Finland and Stockholm in Sweden. Our final briefing is next weekend then after that it is just three weeks until we go!