Kate Middleton’s Day in the Great Outdoors

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Kate MiddletonâÂÂs Day in the Great Outdoors Mar 22, 2013 2:00pm @UKScouting/Twitter The world does not yet know whether the unborn child of Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and Prince William will be a girl or a boy, but for today at least, the duchess appeared as though she is ready for a boy. Middleton, 31, traded her usual high-fashion look to get down and dirty with the U.K.'s Cub Scouts, spending a day with them in the great outdoors. PHOTOS: The Life and Times of Kate Middleton Middleton, dressed in an Army-style green jacket, jeans and her favored Le Chameau boots, braved the cold and blistery English weather to visit the Great Tower Scout Camp near Newby Bridge in Cumbria. The duchess, five months pregnant with her and William's first child, stayed warm by huddling near a campfire and roasting pastries along with other volunteers, according to the U.K.'s Mirror. RELATED: Kate Middleton's Pregnant Fashion Frenzy The paper reports that Middleton has privately volunteered with the Scouts near the couple's home in Anglesey, Wales, where William is based as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, but today's outing marked a new step in her support, meant to encourage others to volunteer too. Middleton was seen laughing with her fellow volunteers over the state of their respective pastries, known as "twists," and even got into minn kota riptide the action herself, rolling the dough with her sapphire wedding ring on and all.

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Mar 22, 2013 2:00pm

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The world does not yet know whetherthe unborn child of Duchess ofCambridge Kate Middleton and PrinceWilliam will be a girl or a boy, but fortoday at least, the duchess appeared asthough she is ready for a boy.

Middleton, 31, traded her usual high-fashion look to get down and dirty with the U.K.'s Cub Scouts,spending a day with them in the great outdoors.

PHOTOS: The Life and Times of Kate Middleton

Middleton, dressed in an Army-style green jacket, jeans andher favored Le Chameau boots, braved the cold and blisteryEnglish weather to visit the Great Tower Scout Camp nearNewby Bridge in Cumbria.

The duchess, five months pregnant with her and William'sfirst child, stayed warm by huddling near a campfire and roasting pastries along with other volunteers, according to the U.K.'s Mirror.

RELATED: Kate Middleton's Pregnant Fashion Frenzy

The paper reports that Middleton has privately volunteered with the Scouts near the couple's homein Anglesey, Wales, where William is based as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, but today'souting marked a new step in her support, meant to encourage others to volunteer too.

Middleton was seen laughing with her fellow volunteers over the state of their respective pastries,known as "twists," and even got into minn kota riptide the action herself, rolling the dough with hersapphire wedding ring on and all.

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"Oh, it's actually not bad, if you were desperately hungry," she said after a taste test, the Mirrorreports. "It's quite sugary."

Middleton appeared with the queen and Prince Philip earlier this week at a London Tube stationwhere she received a "Baby on Board" badge from London Underground chief operating officerHoward Collins.

In today's visit, Middleton got another decorative fashion keepsake, this time a red, white and blueScouts scarf that she proudly wore around her neck tied in a "friendship knot" during the visit.

"She was passionate about doing this course today," Scouts' assistant director Simon Carter said ofthe duchess, according to People magazine. "Other scout leaders who have spoken to her say sheloves asking questions. ... She wants to get as much information as possible to take back with her."

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