99 Years of Experience

Scouting has shown its qualities in many ways, since in 1907 Baden-Powell gathered together 21 boys of mixed social background and held a week-long camp on Brownsea Island. Bettina Dyttrich showed me a new aspect in her article in this week's WoZ:

It is hardly surprising that many squatters are former boy and girl scouts: they like adventures and refuse to stop liking them, only because they come of age. They learned as boy and girl scouts what they require: e.g. constructing ladders, painting flags and tying knots. And cooking with big pots.