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Hertford 29th August - 7th September 2020

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Hertford 29 August - 7 September  COVID not withstanding Val and Bill are back travelling and the caravan is now out for the second time in a month. The first full weekend in September is traditionally a Scouting weekend at Gilwell Park, the Scout Association’s HQ. Val and Bill have always supported this event, met up with their scouting friends, Sandra and David Gostling from Norfolk some twenty years ago and have participated in workshops and social activities ever since. For a few years now the scout authorities have show a disinclination to caravans so the four have chosen to camp at a nearby Camping and Caravan Club site.    The great plague of 2020 not only cancelled the Gilwell weekend but their regular site was also closed. With all this in mind it was decided to find another campsite and to participate in the virtual Gilwell. The new site was located on the the edge of Hertford. They say every cloud has a silver lining, not only was the site one of the best they’...