Trip of a lifetime to South Korea jamboree coming up for Perthshire Scouts

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Ten young people from Perthshire are counting the days till they board a flight bound for Seoul, South Korea.The once-in-four-years World Scout Jamboree (25WSJ) is being held there in less than a month’s time.And the contingent of 36 from Unit 4 East Scotland - who have named themselves The Haggis Hot-East - will be mixing with over 40,000 scouts from all over the globe.They look forward to 12 nights camping at the mass gathering and five days sight-seeing in the capital city.The 25th World Scout Jamboree will take place at a newly built campground in Saemangeum, Jeollabuk-do, encompassing 8.8 square km beside a national park on the island's west coast.The group of 10 from Perth and Kinross were selected 18 months ago after a rigorous assessment weekend.They made the grade and got the good news in time for Christmas 2021, but then they had to take on board the challenge of raising £4000 each to pay their way to Asia.In March 2022 the Perthshire families formed an umbrella group, WSJ 2023 Perth and Kinross Fundraising Group.At Easter they held a grand charity duck race in Perth, when they numbered and released 2000 plastic ducks into a stretch of the River Tay.Selling baking and crafts as well as tickets to guess the number of the winning duck netted the group around £3000, getting their WSJ fundraising off to a fantastic start.They had a stall at Perth Show last August and rattled buckets, pulling in just over £1000.Individuals showed personal initiative too - like Tavish Tares, one of Methven Scouts, who did a sponsored virtual cycle ride of South Korea, covering 1200km on his bike around his home in Stanley.For each actual bike journey Tavish made in Scotland, he researched a similar distance around the boundaries of