Day 1 - 16/7/2003  - Wednesday

Finished my packing, said my good byes and left for school. We all arrived, and the team talks and obligatory strange 'team building' exercises got under way. The lunch that I carefully cooked, packed and then left at home arrived care of my brother! Finally all the necessary safety stuff is covered, and we can now pass a sock down a line of 15 people in under 5 seconds! The bus arrives around 4:15 and we leave for the airport. Nearly in a pile up on the M4. Arrived at Heathrow, and sat around for ages. Checked in, Did the metal detector thing, sat around some more (Don't like airports much!). Got onto the plane, sat around some more, and finally started the journey proper. (8:30 pm. flight)