We woke up, for the final time, and packed all our stuff away. We quickly ate breakfast and then caught the bus from out side the house.
The bus took us into the center of Lisbon, from where we got on the famous Lisbon trams. We went on a tour around Lisbon on the trams for about an hour. We were then given about half and hours free time in Lisbon in which time we were chased by a drug dealer trying to sell us marijuana.
We got the bus back to the scout house where we finished packing up our own things. We then started cleaning, mopping etc... before we had our lunch.
After lunch, it was announced that we would be going in three 'waves' to the airport. Those that the leaders thought had helped the most over the course of the Jamboree first and then less as the waves went on, so that those who helped the most did the least cleaning of the scout house - I was in the first wave.
When we got to the airport, (it was lovely and air conditioned) we checked in and bought some drinks. When the next wave came we helped them through check in and then the final wave.
We then said goodbye to Anna, Rita and the other nice scout leaders from Portugal which was very emotional. We went through security quite quickly and easily and then went to board the plane. We quickly boarded and the British Airways plane was by far the best yet - we even got leather seats. We took off and were given food and drink, and due to Josh complaining when the air hostess wouldn't give him a £100 watch for free, we were given all the left over food and drink on the plane to share. The flight went quite quickly and before we knew it we were making our final decent. On the way down we all sang the various chants and songs that we had been repeating throughout the Jamboree and finished the last line of the Jamboree Song exactly as the plane touched down - everyone, including the public, cheered.
We got off the plane and sleepily got our bags and took then into the arrivals hall. When we were there we all said goodbye to Rosie as she was going to Norway from Heathrow the next morning so wasn't coming back on the coach with us - this was also incredibly emotional.
We then all got on the coach and left for Woodhouse park. We stopped at out usual services - Reading, where we were all bought a meal before. For the next part of the journey I made the mistake of sleeping and woke up with a temporary tatoo on my cheek.
At about 1am, we finally arrived. True to her word, Kathryn was in her hi-vis jacket guiding the coach in.
We all did one last round of 'shake the pony' before everyone hugged everyone else and left with their families.
The Jamboree was over.
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