Where has she been?!

Well, the last few days can pretty much be summed up in a mountain of tissues. (although obviously you will get more info later)

I've been fighting off a cold for the past few days which has now pretty much progressed into a 'freshers' flu' type thing. The problem arises when you mix this with the fact that I sleep in a bunk, so when you wake up in the middle of the night thinking 'how much do i really need to go?' you have to add to it ' will i make it down without falling off the steps, and if I do, how will i get back up again?' But I really don't mind, at least it gets it over and done with at the beginning of the trip.

Long story short, I didn't get off to the flying start I had hoped for, but you can be sure that I'll make up for it!