{"id":584,"date":"2015-07-22T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=584"},"modified":"2018-12-07T18:29:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T21:59:00","slug":"better-than-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"Better Than the Best"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2015-07-22-15.25.22-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2015-07-22-15.25.22-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2015-07-22-15.25.22-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2015-07-22-15.25.22-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we arrived at Beaumont-Hamel, in a lot of ways it was like coming home.&nbsp; Seeing the Newfoundland and Labrador Flag waving alongside the French and Canadian Flags was pretty fantastic.&nbsp; We stopped for a picnic lunch <em>(first time in Europe that we didn&#8217;t eat lunch on the bus)<\/em> and then made our way to the visitors&#8217; centre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/204-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"587\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=587\" class=\"wp-image-587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/204-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/204-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/204-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/207-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"588\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=588\" class=\"wp-image-588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/207-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/207-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/207-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/209-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"586\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=586\" class=\"wp-image-586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/209-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/209-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/209-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunter was a &#8220;Scub&#8221; and we were planning to invest him in front of the great Caribou here at Beaumont-Hamel.&nbsp; When I mentioned our plan to Carl, he cautioned me that this was a VERY busy place, and it was unlikely we&#8217;d be able to stay at the caribou long enough for the ceremony.&nbsp; He encouraged me to ask the staff, which I did.&nbsp; Here response was one I won&#8217;t soon forget &#8220;You&#8217;re all from Newfoundland &#8211; you&#8217;re home now.&nbsp; Do as you please&#8221;. The experience is not one that I can really put to words, but I think the pictures do a pretty good job&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_163435-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"589\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=589\" class=\"wp-image-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_163435-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_163435-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_163435-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" 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100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_150729-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"618\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=618\" class=\"wp-image-618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_150729-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_150729-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_150729-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_155147-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"619\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=619\" class=\"wp-image-619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_155147-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_155147-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_160309-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"620\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=620\" class=\"wp-image-620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_160309-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_160309-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_160309-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_160728-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"621\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=621\" class=\"wp-image-621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_160728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_160728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_160728-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After the tour it was time for Hunter&#8217;s investiture.&nbsp; Adding one more member to the world&#8217;s largest peace movement seemed an appropriate tribute to those who died here at the Battle of the Somme.&nbsp; It was a tough ceremony to get through, and very few of us had dry eyes by the end of it, but we were all immensely proud to be Scouts in that moment.&nbsp; Quite the crowd ended up forming around us, but we hardly noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OPCy-TZ1X7Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With that done we had one more ceremony to conduct, and one that we knew would be even more difficult.&nbsp; Our beloved Group Commissioner, Scouter Ed &#8220;Baloo&#8221; Thorne, had planned to join us on this trip, and we knew he was most looking forward to this moment, standing together at Beaumont-Hamel.&nbsp; Our youth asked to leave behind a Baloo crest so that he could at least be there with us in spirit.&nbsp; This became a theme going forward, and thanks to the youth there are Baloo crests at memorials in France, Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A1ropA-l7gA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery 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https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_164054-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_164054-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We left Baumont-Hamel in silence, lost in thoughts and reflecting on our experience.&nbsp; Hard to imagine there was still a LOT more left to experience this day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we arrived at Beaumont-Hamel, in a lot of ways it was like coming home.&nbsp; Seeing the Newfoundland and Labrador Flag waving alongside the French and Canadian Flags was pretty fantastic.&nbsp; We stopped for a picnic lunch (first time in Europe that we didn&#8217;t eat lunch on the bus) and then made our way to the visitors&#8217; centre.&nbsp; Hunter was a &#8220;Scub&#8221; and we were planning to invest him in front of the great Caribou here at Beaumont-Hamel.&nbsp; When I mentioned our plan to Carl, he cautioned me that this was a VERY busy place, and it was unlikely we&#8217;d be able to stay at the caribou long enough for the ceremony.&nbsp; He encouraged me to ask the staff, which I did.&nbsp; Here response was one I won&#8217;t soon forget &#8220;You&#8217;re all from Newfoundland &#8211; you&#8217;re home now.&nbsp; Do as you please&#8221;. The experience is not one that I can really put to words, but I think the pictures do a pretty good job&#8230; After the tour it was time for Hunter&#8217;s investiture.&nbsp; Adding one more member to the world&#8217;s largest peace movement seemed an appropriate tribute to those who died here at the Battle of the Somme.&nbsp; It was a tough ceremony to get through, and very few of us had dry eyes by the end of it, but we were all immensely proud to be Scouts in that moment.&nbsp; Quite the crowd ended up forming around us, but we hardly noticed. With that done we had one more <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=584\">Continue Reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}