Hei hei Rovers! This is Roverposten, the official newspaper for Roverway 2024. We are with you during Paths, Main Camp, and even after Roverway – to feed into the post-camp melancholy.
Throughout Roverway, you can count on us to provide you with fun articles on different activities taking place and interesting individuals that are far beyond Ordinary. Our goal is to serve as a collection of your own favourite Roverway moments, but also to give you insights into what other participants did. We want to make sure you make the most of the Roverway and get the total experience!
If you have fun stories or thoughts to share, we would love to hear from you and include them into Roverposten. Follow this link to share your input. Let’s be NORTH of the Ordinary together!
All of the participants have fully arrived on July 27, with their luggage in their hands and memories in their hearts! The text team has greeted the participants with smiles and – questions! We wanted to find out what challenges the patrols faced during their journeys across all of Norway, so we asked a few participants to share their experiences with us.
In its first half, Roverway had 91 distinct paths across 62 locations, and offered Rovers from around the world an opportunity to explore, learn and connect in profound ways. This article will highlight some of the memorable experiences by participating in these paths.
One of the many Roverway paths had the chance to explore the rich history of Røros. On this path we had Guides and Scouts from Portugal, Malta, Greece, Switzerland, UK and Denmark that came together to explore this rich history. Markus, a member of our text team, was a leader for that path and wrote a little report for us.
If you saw a tiny group of Guides and Scouts at your Path just scavenging around, documenting your arrivals and making conversation, you might just have stumbled upon one of our Path Patrols!
Paths are the first half of Roverway and are composed of many different mini-camps and exciting activities. Hundreds of volunteers are already in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark organising amazing programmes for the Guides and Scouts, and we are highlighting some of the amazing Path Leaders who make the Paths possible.
Norway has a perfect environment for canoeing activities, with many lakes, fjords and calm rivers. Canoeing can be done along the coast of Norway from the top point of Nordkapp to the lighthouse in Lindesnes, the most Southern point of the country. It is also a popular activity in the islands of Svalbard, all the way up north.
Paths have begun at Roverway! Participants have arrived in Norway and got to meet other Guides and Scouts, started setting up tents and getting to know one another. We were there to witness some of the interactions: How did arrival and the first day go? Read further!
Some of the Roverway participants got to see the Flatbreen glacier, which is part of the largest glacier in continental Europe!! They learned a lot about climate change and how it affects the glacier. You can now read about what they experienced.