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ETGHC Extreme Team Geography Hardcore!
ETGHC
Extreme Team Geography Hardcore!
This is ETGHC…Alistair & Josie (team leaders)
Ian“Kimbo”Kimberley (team advisor)
Nick Symonds
Steve “Snowy” Brotherton
Peter James
Lawrence Andrews
Martin Smith
Duncan Brown
Andrew “Nimmo” Nimmo
Day 1: The Challenge to get to ArranFollowing a very long coach trip, we arrived in Scotland
(Yay!) but we had to figure out how to actually get across to the Island of Arran…
1) We could swim?2) With Pirate Snowy we can take over the CalMac Ferry?
We made it onboard!!
Of course, we only made it thanks to the Irish Whistle
Nick is ecstatic!
Nimmo is also very proud of himself…
BUT!
Who is this Hobo we have hostage??
Day 2: Coastline Walk
Our successful arrival onto Arran was ‘rewarded’ by a 5 mile walk along the Loch Ranza coast from our new
ETGHC leaders… ALISTAIR & JOSIE!
Day 2: Coastline WalkPete didn’t
realise how cold it would be…
(brrrrrrrrr)
Some of us (Martin) are a bit slow!
Day 2: Coastline Walk
Suddenly – a deer appeared!
No, not in the sky!!
And then LOADS came to say Hello
Pete was a little upset because they all moved so fast and he wasn’t able to count them all.
At least he was able to time (to the exact millisecond) how long it took
for them to disappear!
Day 2: Coastline Walk
Josie doesn’t like having her picture taken.
And so…
We stop for lunch, in an ancient settlement called
Cocks-something
Lawrence: “How do you spell that?”
Dunk’s happy because he’s had his Irn Bru.
Day 2: Coastline Walk
Oh dear. It looks like we actually have to do some work…
Martin’s a tad confused by it all
Eventually, he figures it out!
And Snowy is proud of his
geographer’s medal
– the compass!!
Day 2: Coastline Walk
SUCCESS!!!ETGHC completed todays challenge!!!
Dunk’s knackered… …or is he just hiding from Snowy’s
collection of dragon penises & eggs
(that’s just rocks to you and me)
Day 3: An Even Longer Walk
Little did we know, that yesterday was only training
for this even longer walk up the mountain…
*gasp*
Day 3: An Even Longer Walk
Whilst Martin has a rest…
…Kimbo & Josie share their passionate love for rocks, eskers
and U-shaped valleys
Day 3: An Even Longer Walk
Snowy was absolutely stunned when he
realises that there is not a McDonalds at the top
of this mountain….
Depressed, disappointed and devastated – he turns to Kimbo for
consolidation.
Day 3: An Even Longer Walk
Oh well – time for another ETGHC pose!
Day 4: GLASGOW!
CIVILISATION!!!Maybe it was the excitement of actually seeing real-life people or the sweet smell of car exhausts, we didn’t take any photos of Glasgow itself! So here is a brief summary…
Pete felt uneasy walking through the mean streets of Glasgow
For some strange reason, the traffic count was the most excitable part of the walk back to the CBD.
Pete thought it would be useful to count the number of used syringes
However, the main challenge of the day was to find where HMV was in the very short time we had for lunch…
RESULT!!! Despite the sneaky cover-up from Virgin, Snowy was able to buy a rare Sonata Arctica CD which became known as the Arran CD.
Another thing I didn’t understand was the open-topped bus tour – What is there to see?!?!?! It was just as interesting as a tour around CoventryOh yeah… there was a Burger King too!
Day 5: Caves and Dykes
Another day, another walk.
But of course ETGHC can handle it!!!
Day 5: Caves and Dykes
ETGHC thought the hard hats were for caving along the coast? Oh no! In fact they were needed for the
incredibly bumpy bus journey there!
Day 5: Caves and Dykes
Dunk loves the chilled-out look!
So, off ETGHC went into the caves….
Pete: “Ugh… I’m eating dirt!”
Nimmo: Hehe
….and afterwards Pete decided to have an interesting lunch
Day 5: Caves and Dykes
Ahhhhhh…. A viking ship in the
distance!
Day 5: Caves and Dykes
Back in the class-room
ETGHC seem to be a bit tired to answer any of
Josie’s questions...
…until Snowy turns it into a competition
Nick’s winning!
Day 5: Caves and Dykes
Snowy is trying to keep a track of the score...
…whilst Dunk takes a sneaky
peek to see how many points he is behind Pete!
Day 6: Last Day
Relief from the endless walking but sadness as
there will never be another ETGHC field trip
Day 6: Last Day
However, keeping with tradition, Snowy attacked Dunk with a sharp pointy
thing but luckily Nick managed to restrain him…
…Pete and Martin pretend to work…
…whilst Nimmo
licks his metre stick.
Day 6: Last Day
An unintended pose as ETGHC is successful once again!!!
Day 6: Last Day
SHEEP!!!PLAYING FOOTBALL!!!
Day 6: Last DayFinally the legendary ETGHC have
successfully completed 6 out of 6 missions!!!
VICTORY! Kimbo is well proud!
But, who are these strange heads?
Day 7: Home
Day 7: Home
Day 7: Home
BUT WAIT!!!!
Snowy’s spotted something…
It’s the Willi Betz Truck!!!
(again)
