Back to the Ashdown Forest again.
The highlight of the evening before was an absolutely stonking take-away pizza from Domino's Pizza in East Grinstead, and drifting off to sleep afterwards to the rhythmic lullaby of the late-evening steam trains on the Bluebell Line.
The next day was clear and bright and perfect for hiking, and the boys I was supervising all did well, striding out in good heart, and learning their fieldcraft and how to cross roads safely, and the like, and in the evening learning how to cook safely and get their tents up for a good night's sleep.
On the second day they walked without me walking with them, arrived at all their checkpoints on time, managed to not get lost, and arrived at their destination in good form. Well done, boys.
I was working for Undercover Rock, with boys from a school in London.
