Following the late shift last night, I slept in until about midday. Today I dedicated as a day to chill out since it will be one of the few I’ll have the chance to. In the evening a few of us chilled
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An early start today: 6:30 alarm so I could get ready, breakfast, chat to Eleanor, and get to rehearsal for 8:30! The rehearsal was good, but was interrupted by some pretty rainy weather… I don’t think that the pictures do it justice,
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Still slightly scared from the queueing endured 2 days ago, I joined a very long line for breakfast. Went down in about 10 minutes but that also made me 10 minutes later than I’d planned… But it turned out alright and Markus
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I woke up to one of my tentmates, Sam, finally arriving after losing luggage and having to sleep in another tent. Fortunately the luggage was later delivered by the airline so everyone in my tent now has their luggage! I got a
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A very early start (3:50 alarm) to get on the flights to Washington. A convenient shuttle bus took me straight from the hotel to the airport at 5:00, and then I had a little while to kill before my first flight from
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It turns out that there are 2 Manchester Airport Premier Inns… I initially built up my hopes and decided to try checking into the more modern-looking one… But obviously, by Sod’s law, I was in the older one. I guess this does
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A pretty chill morning before heading on the train to Manchester. The train didn’t have air-conditioning despite the 23°C temperature, but I’m taking it as acclimatisation practice for Summit Bechtel Reserve! 2 trains, an Uber, and a confusing situation involving two Premier
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By some miracle, all the packing was finished an entire 20 hours before leaving. Not entirely sure how much it all weighs but I do think it’ll be okay… But perhaps the same won’t be able to be said on the way
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