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After a week filled with fun, sun and laughter it’s goodnight from us. We’ve had an amazing week by the Thames catching up with friends, learning new skills and making many many memories. Today we were just left to pack up the final belongings, fill the container, lower the flag for the final time and wave goodbye to Agoonoree 2026. Next year we’ll be heading to a new site in Essex to celebrate our 80th anniversary. Each camp costs £28000 which we have to raise ourselves. If you would like to help make 2027 even more memorable we would love your support via our go fund me page or contact us if you have goods or services to donate. It just leaves us to say a massive thank you to everyone who had made 2026 such a success – our Scouts, our volunteers and our supporters. Thank you!

Today was our last full day of Agoonoree 2026. We started with our usual ‘wake up, shake up’ which provided a good warm up for our football competition. After a day of football we finished this evening with a group meal, awarding trophies and handing out the ‘woods’. The ‘woods’ are a small token of appreciation for all our volunteers who not only give up their time, but also pay camp fees. They are cut from wood on site and branded with the details of that year’s camp. Some volunteers have gathered a whole branch by now. After the celebrations we finished the day with the Club Agoo disco, the final song being ‘Always look on the bright side of life’ as it always is.

As is traditional we started this morning with ‘wake up, shake up’ followed by flag break, we also awarded some more long service awards to our volunteers. We’ve spent the day making our films for AgooTube, as well having a break for Merv’s horse racing and a cooling dip in the pool. This evening we’ve had the big reveal with the very first screening of our films.

Today was our day out where we got to see some animals, take a train ride, and for some, have a sneaky nap on the coach. The kitchen and entertainment teams worked hard whilst we were off site and we came back to find an Italian restaurant waiting for us. After an exhausting day it was time to visit the Agoodeon to relax with a film before bed.

After our traditional wake up, shake up and breakfast each of the patrols were inspected to gain points towards the patrol trophy which will be awarded at the end of the week. At flag break two new Scouts were welcomed into the Agoonoree family and we awarded long service certificates to some of our amazing volunteers. We then spent today with all things nautical with boating on the Thames, making and sailing our own model boats and a variety of nautical activities. We needed to be well fuelled for such a busy day and the kitchen team did a stunning job in making pizza and sausage rolls. We’ve finished the day with a night at the casino with hundreds of Agoos being won.

This morning we woke up to Radio Agoo followed by ‘wake up, shake up’ to get us ready for the day ahead. Our first challenge for traitors day was to re-create a painting, as well as seek and complete a puzzle.

Traitors Day continued with a visit from Claudia and a trip to the round table where the traitors were selected. The day finished with a camp fire to reveal the traitors.

This morning we officially opened Agoonoree 2026. Our new volunteers and scouts have received their T-shirts and scarves and the group photo has been taken. Later, we learned first aid skills to go towards our first aid badge and this afternoon put them into practice in a mock scenario. No one was hurt in the making of this activity…

We finished off the day with the Agoonoree quiz.

Our Scouts have arrived, tents been put up and everyone settled in. This afternoon we made our own entertainment with the traditional Agoonoree karaoke and this evening our inaugural camp fire with our very own Agoonoree band. It’s been lovely to catch up with old friends and make new acquaintances and look forward to a fun week ahead of us.

In less than 24 hours we’ll be welcoming our Scouts to Agoonoree 2026. The tents are up and the marquees ready, it’s nearly here! well done and thank you to our advance party of volunteers for getting us ready.

So long for another year. The tents are down, the container packed and most of Scouts and volunteers have headed home. It’s been a great week with new experiences, new friends and new skills. Thank you everyone and see you in 2026.