Virtually Scouting
2022 - TO BE DONE CORRECT. WRITE A NOTE IF YOU CANNOT COMPLETE THE TASKS THEN CHANGE IT TO A FIND ONCE FINISHED.
I won't engage in email titfortat - wrong claims will just be removed. End of... if it continues i will just archive it off.
(IMPORTANT - carry out the required tasks, read my note 10/04/2019 as it shows how easy it is to complete. Check other photos prior and plan. This isn't a turn up and wing it cache.)
This is the Correct type of image
Homemade sign using items from the island
This is the Incorrect type of image
This is the Incorrect type of image
Bonus points for getting creative!
Without everyday adventures, the world would certainly be a less interesting place, and if it wasn’t for the talent and originality of one man, the Scout Movement might never have existed at all.
This man was Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), a soldier, artist, actor and free-thinker. Best known for his spirited defence of the small South African township of Mafeking during the Boer War, he was propelled to further fame as the Founder of Scouting. Inspired during the siege by the initiative shown by boys under pressure, Baden-Powell (BP) realised that young people had huge potential that was often left untapped.
Already thinking of developing a training programme for young people in Britain, he was encouraged by friends to rewrite his handbook for soldiers (Aids to Scouting) for this younger audience.
The Brownsea camp
In 1907 Baden-Powell held a camp on Brownsea Island in Poole, Dorset, to try out his ideas and brought together 20 boys from a variety of backgrounds. The success of the camp spurred him on to finish what would become a classic book of the 20th century. Scouting for Boys was published in 1908 in six fortnightly parts at 4d a copy. What had been intended as a training aid for existing organisations became the handbook of a new Movement, which secured the royal seal of approval the following year when King Edward VII agreed to the introduction of the King’s Scout Award.
In its first census in 1910, Scouting had almost 108,000 participants; over 100,000 were young people.
I am placing this Virtual not only because i was a Military man, but because prior I went through Cubs, Scouts and Ventures where I earned the highest accolade of the Queens Scout Award. I was a warranted Leader with Aston and Littlestoke Ventures from Stone, Staffordshire, UK.
SianS is a current Leader within the Girl Guide Movement.
Requirements to Claim Cache
We will not be testing you on Camping, Woodcraft or Observation 
A. Answer the following questions and email findings to larscacher@gmail.com not my profile email.
1. What is the significance of the Hidden date of this Virtual Reward?
2. What year was the commemorative stone laid?
3. Where did the World Scout Jamboree, which marked the Centenary of the Scouting Movement, take place?
B. Take a photograph of a self-made sign, that reads "I visited the Brownsea Island Virtual" ,with the date of your visit, at the Commemorative Stone on the Island (and if possible) holding either a GPS device or a mobile telephone with the Geocaching app open, upload this when you make your "Found It" claim.
Faces do not necessarily need to be in the image if that is not your thing.
Ensure your image is clear as any claims of a find that do not meet these requirements may result in your log being deleted.
Therefore, check the pictures before you leave the island.
Ferry link: http://www.brownseaislandferries.com
Virtual Reward - 2017/2018
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog.