Good afternoon from Guiseley where the local time is 1319. The local time in Seoul is 2119.
Meanwhile, the time in Frankfurt is 1419. I tell you this because Jamie and his fellow members of World Scout Jamboree Unit 37 are currently in Frankfurt Airport before flying to South Korea in less than a couple of hours from now.
Vanessa and I were up shortly after 2am to cart Jamie to Castleford where he boarded the coach to Manchester Airport.
He'll be gone for just under three weeks. The Prime Penguins (as his unit are known) are due to land in Seoul mid-morning tomorrow.
Then it's two nights in the capital before heading into camp to join more than 50,000 scouts and leaders from 158 countries for the 25th World Scout Jamboree.
They'll be there for 12 days before the Prime Penguins have another three nights in South Korea - including a visit to the infamous DMZ separating South from North - before arriving back in Manchester on Friday 18 August.
Needless to say, it will be a trip of a lifetime.
On behalf of Jamie, I want to say a massive and heartfelt thank you to everyone who enabled him to go.
It begins with the kind people who attended Charlotte's Christmas cake sale in December 2021 to kick off his fundraising efforts just a few weeks after he was chosen to attend.
To those who took part in or donated to Jamie's 12-hour Spinathon in July 2022 (or bought one of Charlotte's second batch of cakes).
To those who attended his pub quiz or played in the band on that very special night in January 2023.
And, of course, to all those generous souls who contributed to his fund - many without ever having met him.
I also want to give an extra special mention to James Haigh and Kathrin Dunning, the inspirational leaders of 15th Airedale Scouts, who kept the Group active and creative throughout lockdown and beyond. Without them, Jamie would now be sitting on the sofa beside me.
He's humbled and eternally grateful to you all.
THANK YOU!!!
