Paxwood campsite’s challenge badge supporting the renovation of the Jam roll caravan activity.

The ‘Jam Roll’ caravan was donated to by Countess Gravina, she was a life-long member of the Guides and was District Commissioner for Malling and Headcorn and Division Commissioner for Weald. Apart from raising her three children in the caravan, she led mountaineering expeditions and in 1962 led a four-woman team to climb three un-climbed peaks in the Himalayas. Her husband, Count Gravina was a conductor and the great-grandson of Liszt.

The Countess died in 1990 aged 85 and a receiver of the Girl Guide Beaver Award.

The much-needed Jam Roll renovation includes repairing the flooring and replace any rotten beams and supports as well as moving it onto a flat, stable base to preserve it for many years to come.

This will ultimately allow it to become an activity room for the users of the campsite, (which includes local schools), with a display explaining the history and heritage of the campsite and Jam Roll.