A girl may become a guide anytime after her tenth birthday. Guides move onto senior section after their fourteenth birthday. A Guide chooses from the range of Guide clothes. There is a range of tops to choose from and at normal meetings they can wear whatever they like on the bottom half including trousers, skirt or shorts providing they are appropriate for the activity or occasion. The Patrol leaders council will choose the neckerchief but the individual guide doesn’t have to wear one.