So, what is scouting exactly. well it was all started by a man who goes by the name of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB or otherwise known as Robert Baden-Powell who was Born 22 February 1857 and passed away on the 8 January 1941. 
Before starting the Scouting Movement and becoming the 1st chief scout of the scout association, He was part of the British army between the years of 1876 to 1910. during his time in the army, he became very famous especially for his role in the defence of Mafeking against the Boers In 1899, after which he became a Major-General at the age of only 43.
Just before leaving the army, he began work on creating the scouting movement in 1907 by holding a camp at Brownsea Island which sat in Poole Harbour, England. The camp comprised of Baden-powell and 21 boys, which included his young nephew Donald. The idea to do this camp came about in 1906 when B-P made a comment at a country house weekend party where he expressed his concern about there being 1.5 million boys in the United Kingdom who were outside the range of 'Good Influences'. Much discussion was made and it was decided that B-P's army training manual 'Aids to Scouting' might be able to be adapted for boys. when B-P considered this, he realised that rather than just thinking the idea may work, why not put the idea into practice by trying it out while in camp conditions.
Below is a programme of what the 8 day camp would have comprised of.
In Part 2, I shall continue to talk about the scouting movement's beginnings and how it spread across the world.
Link to 'What is Scouting? Part 2'
Link to 'What is Scouting? Part 2'
The above information and images were retrieved from the Back to Basics booklet published by Peter Brooks and Illustrated by Doug Mountford.
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