Ten girl guides return home today from a two-week trip to celebrate 100 years of the programme.

The girls spent the first week of August at Harewood House, in Leeds, England, along with more than 5,000 other guides from around the world.

They camped on the grounds of the former home of Princess Mary, The Princess Royal, who became president of The Girl Guide Association in 1920.

On offer was a host of activities including go-karting, bungee trampolining, glow-in-the-dark mini golf and even tubing on eight tonnes of real snow the event was so big that locals were told to expect travel delays in the nearby area.

They were also joined by an additional 15,000 guides and Brownies on August 4 for a party which featured more than 1,000 professional street theatre artists plus workshops and a performance from the National Scout and Guide Symphony Orchestra.

After the camp, which ended on August 7, the Bermuda guides travelled to Lancashire for a special UK Territories camping trip where girl guides from Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St. Helena and Turks and Caicos Island got to know one another.

Their final three days in the UK were spent in London at a Girl Guide hostel. The Bermuda contingent was comprised of Sharrita Bailey, Emily Corbett, Jonique Crockwell, Caroline Dragonetti, Chelsea Harvey, Aoife Rynne, Tia Sampson, Savannah Stafford, Zindziswa Swan and Wendy Tuxworth.

Island Commissioner and Centennial Camp staff member Denise Woodhouse joined them along with senior guide Karen Trott and guide leader Mikia McGowan.

The Bermuda Girl Guide Association has spent the last two years fund-raising for the trip by doing various activities such as packing groceries, holding tag days and organising two fun fairs.