Dear Reader (if indeed anyone reads this anymore)... For nearly 8 years now I have maintained my passion for guiding. In some capacity over these 8 years I have been involved in Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers/The Senior Section and as my time as a Ranger draws nearer to a close as I approach my 18th birthday, I am looking forward to focusing my attention even more on my volunteering and developing as a leader. In these 8 years I have filled a camp blanket with badges, spent 36 nights away from home including a jamboree, become a guide helper, a young leader, a peer educator and a Brownie leader in training. I've been to Paris, Butlins and slept on a trampoline, volunteered at 4 Thinking Days, watched Rainbows leave to become Brownies and now Guides, and started working towards my Adult Leadership qualification. Looking back on these things almost makes me cry, laugh, smile and I cannot help but look forward to the future. But despite all of this, I ca...