The good ol' Duke

I've just managed ( after about six months of trying ) to scan some photos onto my computer and i've come across the photos of my Duke of Edinburgh expedition and they bring back some absolutely hysterical memories.

Picture this,

Six hormonal sixteen year old girls abandoned for a weekend, no phones, no internet, no shower and no proper food. Not to forget, each person had a backpack pretty much the size of a person strapped to their back, a tent to lug around and a mini cooker ( apologies, i've forgotten the technical term ). Yes, it was a recipe for absolute disaster. Not to mention absolutely none of us knew how to read a map, and had never used a compass before in our lives. 

So, we spent a weekend trekking through fields, being stampeded by cows, climbing fences and sleeping in tents simply to achieve the bronze Duke of Edinburgh award, commitment or what?? I know it sounds absolutely horrendous but it was actually surprisingly fun, simply because it was just so ridiculous and we spent a vast majority of our time eating/singing/dancing or just slumped next to a herd of cows. Oh, and most of my group had their first experience of excreting in a field amongst horse poo ( i, for one, did not ) 

So yeah anyway i thought i'd share a few of the photos with you all...

^^Hara caught mid wee

M x