On an adventure!

What a hard-working, athletic, calorie burning weekend I have had. It all started on Friday when I decided to take the bus to school unlike every other DofE (Duke of Edinburgh) student. I walked up the isle smacking my pack (which is big enough to fit in myself and probably another me) from side to side yelling 'sorry' over my shoulder.
So Friday was my practise expedition for my DofE Bronze award, and it was tough! Hilarious, but nonetheless tough.
We began right away with nothing but a map and a compass- oh and of course the coffin sized back pack which we had to lug around with us! My group and I walked three miles before returning back to the bottom school field and setting up our tents (by the way, you're meant to use poles- not that we didn't know that...).
After we had eaten our pre-made sandwiches, we took off on our own and walked another three miles. The second route was a lot straighter and flatter than the first so it was all okay... until it started raining. But it is England, so it was bound to happen right?

Taking cover on the outskirts of a forest, we slowly made our way back, beating every other group bar one back to the campsite/school playing fields.
My friend and I had the initiative to cook our dinner (even though it was only five) right then and there whilst the weather was being reasonable, and good job we did because although the others laughed, we were eating our dinners of pasta and chicken snuggly in our tents whilst they tried their best to light their stoves in the rain, Ha!

That night, we played football, Frisbee, and a little bit of uncoordinated hide'n'seek in the dark, and after a rendition of badly sung Disney songs of all kinds, we were told to 'shut up and go to bed!'
I was woken at four by my friend 'tut-ting' and saying 'come on Michael' It turned out that she thought there was a fox sat outside our tent when in reality it was the outer tent, which had come loose of the peg, and was flapping against her hands. Yeah, it was windy!
We walked again and then the moment my feet were back on the schools field, I rang my Mum to pick me up as soon as she could.
This morning I was up early for work, and let me tell you something! With a bruised foot from last weeks accident; two bruises the shape of straps on your shoulders, and a tooth ache the size of Lake Toronto, you wouldn't feel up to working with beasts that could easily pummel you into the ground!
Anyway, that was my weekend, how about yours?
Lots of love, and blisters, from Sophie xoxo