At Quest, we are lucky to have a lot of space to run, even during lock down and I thought it would be a good challenge for the Quest boys. So I decided to challenge myself to run the furthest that I ever have run before. I had always dreamt of doing hundred miles (160km) at some point. I thought well let's just give it bash on home turf. No better place to complete 100 miles than the Valley where I have had the privilege of spending seven years of my life in this beautiful pa

I woke up before everyone and while it was still cool, chilled at the cave and wrote. Sheila visited us and complimented our shelter which was a morale booster. There were no crabs today but we did find some roots that we could eat. I spent a lot of energy and then ended up burning my roots. It wasn’t a very productive day but we visited Echo group and learnt how to tie knots.

Saturday had been very relaxed, with the Questers having lots of time to recover after pushing ourselves on the benchmark tests. With dinner finished, the boys were enjoying their free time; some were playing table tennis, some reading and some getting ready for bed.