'The nearer to Nyeri, the nearer to bliss' Robert Baden-Powell
By coming to Kenya we are following in the footsteps of Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout and Guide movements. At the weekend we visited Nyeri where he spent the last few years of his life.
First we visited the graveyard where BP and his wife Olave are buried. The grave bears a circle with a dot in the centre, which is the trail sign for "I have gone home".
Then we visited Paxtu, his last home and now a museum. We had fun spotting badges and neckers from places we knew: Hannah found a necker from her trip to St Lucia, Linz was pleased to see a plaque about Hungary where she did a GOLD project and Lizzie pointed out a South African Girl Guide hat like the one she has from when she Guided there.
We were struck that people from all over the world had, like us, been drawn there. It was an amazing reminder that we are part of something huge - a movement of 10 million women and girls around the world. We all felt grateful for the travels and friendships made through Guiding and took the opportunity to remake our promise.
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