{"id":1646,"date":"2017-04-12T12:33:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T11:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/?page_id=1646"},"modified":"2017-04-12T12:33:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T11:33:35","slug":"belgium-2008-with-belgian-scouts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/index.php\/belgium-2008-with-belgian-scouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium 2008 With Belgian Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>Belgium 2008<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span>Home Hospitality and a Pleasant Day in the Belgium Countryside&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Full of eager anticipation and a few slight nerves from everyone we linkied up with the excellent people from Socuting Poperinge late Friday night. It turned out that none of them had anything to worry about they were all looked after exceptionally well with most not wanting to come home&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">On the Saturday it was an early start as we were all expected to meet near some local woods at rather early morning time. It rained. In fact the only times it stopped raining were during lunch, when we were in a barn keeping cosy and shortly after the last the group finished. 62nd tradition continues into Europe, simply unavoidable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The highlight of the day was split into several sections:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Walking along a straight Belgium country road in the middle of nowhere countryside, in the wind and pouring rain, pushing a wheelbarrow and wearing a silly green army hat&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Pushing, ok carrying, said wheel barrow across an extremey muddy ploughed field with shoes like lead weights<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Walking through the Poperinge Sewers (actually we avoided that treat due to fast flowing water&#8230;)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span>Watching Dave get soaked whilst pretending to be a British Airman waiting to be rescued <\/span><span><em>(where was the other one!? &#8230;and did he have the picture of the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies by Van Klump discreeted about his person in a big sausage!?)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This could arguably have been the best day of the trip!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><\/center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/belgium2008226ver1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/belgium2008229.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/belgium2008232.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/belgium2008233.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008440.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008441.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008443.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008445.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008446.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008447.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008448.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008449.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008450.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008452.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008454.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008457.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008458.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008459.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/Belgium2008460.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/DSCF4724.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i307.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn290\/mistergrant\/Belgium%202008\/Scouts\/DSCF4736ver1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Belgium 2008 &nbsp; Home Hospitality and a Pleasant Day in the Belgium Countryside&#8230; Full of eager anticipation and a few slight nerves from everyone we linkied up with the excellent people from Socuting Poperinge late Friday night. It turned out that none of them had anything to worry about they were all looked after &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/index.php\/belgium-2008-with-belgian-scouts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Belgium 2008 With Belgian Scouts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1646","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/62ndbristol.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}