First Lyneham girl guide leader Frances Marshall received a special award on Sunday to mark her 50 years of leadership as part of World Thinking Day celebrations in Royal Wootton Bassett.
The day, organised by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, saw Rainbows, Brownies and Guides from Royal Wootton Bassett and surrounding villages celebrate at the town’s memorial hall.
The annual event aims to raise money and an awareness of girlguiding around the world as well as remembering movement founders Lord and Olave Baden Powell.
Young Rainbows made music with their home made Mexican maracas and created miniature cups of English afternoon tea.
Elsewhere, an Indian themed area allowed the Brownies to try on colourful saris and consider projects that help communities become self supportive in Sangam, a world centre for WAGGGS in Pune, India.
Purton guide Alice, 14, was among the guides challenged to determine the origins of a feast of exotic dishes.
She said: “We had a choice of activities to do and I loved tasting the Indian food.”
Others like Megan, 10, of Second Royal Wootton Bassett, created their clocks from wood adding their own individual design elements.
She said: “It was brilliant, my first one as a Guide and I really enjoyed making the clock so I can tell the time in my room.”
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