The campfire ashes began at Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset, In August 1907 and have traveled around the world to campfires in 53 countries, starting at Brownsea Island and spread out, the countries included:

Ashes taken from a campfire are sprinkled into the flames of the next Campfire.

The next morning, when the ashes are cold, they are stirred, And each participants takes some along to mix with his next campfire. If more than one person brings ashes to the same campfire, the lists are pooled, and with the name and dates of all campfires recorded and passed on.

It is traditional that those present at the ceremony carry away ashes from that ceremony.

We carry out friendship with us in these ashes from other campfires with other comrades in other land. May the joining of the dead fires with the leaping flames symbolize once more the unbroken chain that binds Scouts and Guides around the world.

These campfire ashes were originally carried by North American Scouters and are now being carried out by great amount of Scouters and Guiders from many countries around the world . They are from the campfires listed on below.

List maintenanced by Scouter Manhin: