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FIRST THURSDAY CLUB

(AUTUMN LEAVES)

Julien Lightfoot and Scouts Jack and George
gave us an excellent presentation on the
explorers expedition to Borneo last year. We
heard descriptions of their encounters with Sun
bears, snakes, crocodiles and even a meeting with a wild orangutan. This was a
month long trip in August of last year. The talk described working on charity
projects working on the rare sun bear enclosures and work building a latrine for a
community building. The Scouts were learning to build work hard and get along
with each other. During the course of the month they hiked in hot sticky Jungle
heat coped with humidity were eaten by insects crashed down waterfalls and
went on a jungle river cruise.

great fun but a lot of hard work. It
amazes me still how much goes on in
sleepy old Dorset. During this period, I
found time to captain a channel relay
team with the objective to become the
oldest 6-person mixed relay team to swim
the channel. We were successful with an
This was an amazing story. What a fantastic opportunity for our young people to average age of 75 years and 187 days
experience a wild jungles weird food and the primitive lifestyle. I am sure they though to this day the swim was never
appreciated coming home to civilization and yet gave them a thirst for more ratified by the Channel Swimming &
adventures. Piloting Federation. The swim was
approved by both the pilot and the
Next month we have a talk on Real Dorset. This is a photographic tour of Dorset a official observer and we were
look at unusual out of the way legends facts and tales to help us understand the congratulated on the day for our
County where we live and enjoy life.. success. One of the takeovers took an
extra 4 minutes which we contended

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