Baden-Powell Council (BSA) Scouts at the Blair Atholl International Patrol Jamborette
Every two years since 1946, the Scottish Council of the UK Scout Association has held a unique Scout encampment on the grounds of Blair Castle in Perthshire, Scotland. The Blair Atholl Jamborette is made up of international patrols of Scouts - each consisting of half Scottish Scouts and Scouts from overseas. The Scouts function as a patrol during the ten days of the Jamborette, and then each of the international Scouts spends up to a week in the home of a Scottish Scout.
The Baden-Powell Council, BSA, located in the center of New York State, has sent a patrol to the Jamborette fourteen times - in 1988, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. Unfortunately, the 2020 Jamborette was canceled - but we went in 2022 and we plan to go again in 2024!
To read about
the Jamborette and our experiences, click on the pictures below (or the text links) for the descriptions
of the trips.
If you're interested in pictures of Scotland, organized
by area rather than chronologically, see my website "Mike Brown's
Scotland"
Other useful links:
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2024 Touring Itinerary (a work in progress)
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2022 Touring Itinerary (as we actually did it)
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Google Group site (for contingent members only)
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Channel for YouTube videos - some we'll see at meetings, and many more...