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A while ago I was talking with a friend of mine about travel plans. We both want to take a vacation next year. He wants to go the UK and since I’ve been twice we started talking about itineraries and how I would be his travel guide. I’ll write more about this later if we decide to go.

He then makes an off-handed comment about how he’d like to visit a World Jamboree. He’s been to two national jamborees and in fact that’s where we first met (back in 1981). He then asked if there was a World Jamboree anytime soon or near. Well! I had just the answer or him: Great Britain… 2007.

It seems visiting the World Jamboree next year will be quite a bit different for those of us from the US who are used to relatively unfettered and unrestricted access to the site. See http://www.wsj.scouting2007.org/english/dayvisitors/ for details.

Day visitors are required to purchase a ticket which costs £20.00 for adults and £15.00 for those under 14. Also visitors are restricted to only one day of visiting. You cannot visit the camp sites. You cannot visit on the days of the opening and closing ceremonies.

This is very different from the BSA’s National Jamboree. There the days of the opening and closing ceremonies are the biggest days for visitors. Visitors are also free to go about the whole Jamboree site.

Keep this all in mind if you plan to visit the World Jamboree next year! Don’t get caught by surprise by the restrictions and remember… “Be Prepared!”.