KUDU

the scout and guide magazine

KUDU

Volume 5, Issue 2 SSAGO REUNION

EXCITEMENT

CONTINUES

SSAGO 50th REUNION 2017

Horoscopes

Fox sightings reported to

be on the rise, although it

is possibly just the same fox

running around…

SSAGO/SAGGA has no talent

Apples have shrunk

Did you hear what happened to

the chicken?

Masked crusader in red at ceilidh

can’t dance

SSAGO has run home to change

their locks

Overheard

@Reunion

Pisces - Neptune has

aligned with Hipparcos so

now is the time to break old

habits

Aries - The moon will help

you create and accomplish

great things

Cancer – Just kidding

about yesterday - things

are still not looking good for you.

17th September 2017

Gossip Column

“Elizabeth coloured in the front

cover?”

Oh wow, did you say a kid did

that?” - Anon

TELL US YOUR STORIES! We want to know what you’ve been getting up to! Send your

stories, gossip and pictures to report.ssago.org Edited by Vicky, Russell and Tom—editor@ssago.org

The first full day of SSAGO Reunion packed in unprecedented levels of excitement with a range of activities to suit all. Kicking off the day with a traditional camp breakfast , the time keeping was unusually accurate with everyone served as early as they arrived. The opening ceremony revealed the special guest as Scout UK Chief Commissioner Tim Kidd. We took a minute out with him after the ceremony to find out more about him (see page 3). The proximity of the campsite to Bounds Green tube station made travel very straight forward with scouts and guides regularly arriving and departing the station on the Piccadilly line. Some of the first groups out the gate were heading for treasure hunts or the monopoly run, setting off in a race against the clock (and Barry the Jailor) to find logos, signs and landmarks across the many parks and squares in London. Catch the announcement of the results this morning! There was also an advanced party for the intense pub crawl, not satisfied with the 1 O'clock start they decided to get to the pub early, the crawl lead them around London and even onto a barge! The relaxed pub crawl headed off soon after. As far as we're aware no teams are still locked in the escape rooms, successful teams were heard boasting about breaking criminal masterminds out of prison. Onsite there was still a hive of activity, tent pegs made in the woodworking, SAGGA gave out Pimms on the grass and several matches of quidditch took place. We were graced by the presence of another special guest, one of the founders of SSAGO. Following some gruelling challenges from Taskmaster Barry himself, 5 teams returned to Scout Park to face their final trials in front of a lively audience. Later in the evening there was a lot of interest in the ceilidh. The silent disco also proved extremely popular with headsets spilling out onto the concourse. Baffled onlookers would have perhaps argued it wasn't as silent as advertised with lyrics from both channels being sung at full volume. The silent cinema that followed showed Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. Sleep today? No chance!

SUDOKUDU

STRANGE, ODD & INAPPROPRIATE.

60 SECONDS WITH TIM KIDD

THE BREAKFAST CLUB

A big welcome to our Dutch contingent friends.

In honour of all the awesome future SSAGO Rallies and Ball this year, we asked Tim Kidd, the UK Chief Commissioner some quick-fire rally-themed questions.

Plymouth 90s Rally 17th-19th November 2017 What’s your favourite 90s jam? Pineapple Chunks Witan in a Weekend Rally 16th-18th February 2018 If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? I’d like to go back to the Panama Islands and search for sunken treasure ships! UWE Yule Ball Ball Spring 2018 Which Harry Potter house are you? I had to look this up. What houses are there again? Gryffindor! CUSAGC Duck Rally Summer 2018 QUACK Lancaster Fantasy Rally Autumn 2018 Would you prefer to be a dragon or a dragon slayer? I did watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer so I’d quite like to be a slayer. And finally… What is your favourite thing about scouting? It has genuinely been the astonishing range of people I would never have met otherwise.

WELKOM

Badge swapping will occur at breakfast today, so bring all your badges, sit down and make some new friends! Thankyou to an anonymous member of Manchester SSAGO for the suggestion!

MESSAGE

FROM THE BAR

HALL OF FAME

HALL OF SHAME

Lost and not found! Brian the

Beaver’s necker was last seen in the

hands of Reunion Secretary Lexie

Massie. If found please return to

someone less likely to lose it...

Sleeping Lion One Monopoly Run team,

in a desperate bid to acquire more

points attempted to blackmail poor

Barry - in exchange for not releasing

this picture . As you can probably tell,

negotiations did not end well.

Four brave SSAGOers accepted

their new mission and became

Kingsmen on the Monopoly

Run yesterday

The staff printer for

keeping us up until

03:30 last night. Grrr.

Lloyd crashes into tree multiple times whilst

attempting to park. He denied

these allegations despite

multiple eyewitness accounts.

Henry Hick, Southampton left his

sleeping bag so Joshua Smith

heroically donated his sleeping bag

liner. Reports suggest that Joshua

was “a bit chilly” last night. Should

have cuddled. #SMICK

Elizabeth, SAGE went to

Gilwell Park yesterday

instead of Scout Park.

Points for effort.

The SSAGO flag that now

belongs to Scout Park...

Anyone brought a ladder?

Intense pub crawl...

Joey and friend go home to print things

and get a drill. We’re still worried….

The camp chiefs for putting on

an amazing Reunion!

Our star bakers for

making amazing cakes!

New mode of

transportation

discovered on-

site, proves

ineffective for

long distance

shuttle runs.

The Escape

Room team

who escaped...

“What are you making?”

“A spatula” Everyone at the ceilidh!