Scout & Guide Spirit Flame

In 1907 Lord Baden-Powell started Scouting at Brownsea Island with the first ever Scout camp. To celebrate the centenary of the Scouting Movement a flame was lit in Nyeri, Kenya at his burial place in Febuary 2007. This flame is being carried by Scouts & Guides from Kenya to Brownsea Island. The flame will have travelled through Africa and Europe and arrives in England on the 28th July2007.

It will be collected at Dover by Kent Scouts & Guides who will take it by various means to Bodiam Castle where it will be handed over to Sussex Scouts & Guides for the next leg of its journey. This handover will take place at 1pm on Sunday 29th July 2007.

The Sussex Scouts & Guides will take the flame across Sussex on an open top double decker bus to Petersfield where it will be handed over to Hampshire Scouts & Guides on Monday 30th July 2007.

You will be able to see the flame on its journey across Sussex as it is paraded through the following towns & villages:

On Sunday 29th July it will be at

• Burwash 2.15pm,
• Heathfield 3.15pm,
• Newick 4.15pm,
• Haywards Heath 4.45pm,
• Cowfold 5.30pm
• Henfield 6pm.

It will then spend the night at Henfield, which is home to the world's oldest existing Scout troop.

The Scouts and Guides will be holding an evening Jamboree at 6pm on Henfield Common to which all are welcome.

There will be a BBQ and a Samba band at the Jamboree, as well as campfire singing.

On Monday 30th July the Flame will continue through the following Sussex towns & villages:

Billingshurst 8.30am, Petworth 9.15am, Midhurst 10am and arriving at Petersfield at 11am for the handover to Hampshire Scouts and guides for the final part of its journey to Brownsea Island.

Colin Samson, Chairman of the Henfield Baden Powell Guild commented:

"This is a unique international event of which the Henfield Branch of the Baden Powell Guild is extremely proud to be involved. Thousands of people across Africa and Europe have celebrated this event and we will be doing the same in a Sussex way by holding an evening Jamboree. We look forward to seeing you along the route and sharing this wonderful occasion with you."

For further information contact: Eric Williams on ericsara@tiscali.co.uk or Richard Nye on nye@redoaks.fsnet.co.uk