3 words to describe this expedition: wet, cold and windy! However it was certainly fun. Now you might be thinking why on earth is walking in the rain fun but afterwards you feel proud of completing the expedition. On the Saturday it was dry and it was a bit windy and me and my group were setting off at 10:30. Off we went and one of the things our teacher said (Mr Simmons) was most groups go the wrong way the first time you set off. And he was right. We took a left but actually we were meant to turn right and we started walking sundays route. We turned around and me and Georgia decided it was time for a sing song so we started singing "you can't stop the beat" from the musical hairspray.
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| This was the map of our routes. On the saturday it was the red route and on the sunday it was the blue route. Expected for the saturday we started walking the blue route! |
Time went by and we weren't really getting anywhere, we saw another group they were nearly back at the camp site however they left at 7:30 that morning. So after a chat with that group we found some where to have lunch. The day went quick apart from one little bit of the walk, somehow we ended up on a busy and noisy main road. We had to walk on the grass on the side of the road and the further we went the further the group was separated. Lucky Frankie knew a stable nearby where she keeps some of her horses so she saved the day by getting us back on track.
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| On the left Frankie who got us back on track. On the right Amber who was great map reader at the beginning of the walk. |
The day went on and finally we made it back to the camp site around 4:30-5:00 ish and everyone was happy to be back. Now putting up the tents was pretty hard because the wind would just take the tent across the field. And when me and Lucy looked over to the teachers tent, there was Mr Simmons with his throw-in-the-air pop up tent. That was slightly unfair! The tents were up and we were now cooking our food. It was getting a bit nippy so I decided to give Hannah a piggy back and she felt like she was lighter than my bag.
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| This is Hannah on my back whilst controlling what way I went with my head! |
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| This is Lucy out side our tent after watching Mr Simmons throw his throw-in-the-air pop up tent! |
The food was cooked and on the menu there was cold pasta with cold tomato source served with a sprinkle of cheese on top! It wasn't a la carte but it had to do. And for desert was a slice Madeira cake, which some how survived in my purple rucksack, which also included: 3 packs of pitta bread (that we didn't eat); a whole bag of pasta; sachets of tomato source; sachets of soup; sachets of hot chocolate; my sleeping bag; my roll mat; the first aid kit; my dry clothes; my lunch... Etc etc. and it was certainly what everyone needed! Who wouldn't resist a slice of cake? It was a great first day, we all conquered the first day but we still had to conquer the next ...
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| My packed rucksack all ready for the expedition! |
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| Georgia, Hannah and Amber in a tent whilst waiting for the food. Happy times! |
