Really hectic week, and as I can foresee hectic next few days as well!

Been seriously organizing DESA, the District Explorer Scout Activity weekend for a few months now. Its really surprised me how much work goes into preparing an event like that, the amount of paperwork is huge, and the biggest thing I've lernt is getting money and commitment out of people is like trying to get blood out of a stone! Looks like everything is going to go ahead now, probably not going to be under-budget but if everybody has a good weekend it shouldn't really matter. (There'll be a entry on here about the weekend soon after I get back I suspect.)

Spent this afternoon getting all the group kit ready, my room is now full of ropes, harnesses, helmets, my rack, several Hyperspace tents and one of those blue expedition barrels!

The other big thing looming over a lot of people at the moment in the Greenland Presentation which is happening next Friday at the UCLAN lecture theater in Preston. This means that for the last few days Powerpoint has been running constantly on my computer as I've been doing some parts for the presentation, spent far too many hours sifting through the terrabytes worth of photos in the expedition gallery looking for just the right shot. Hopefully these should be done by later tonight, leaving me only the words to write before the dress-rehearsal on Sunday.

Linked to this I suppose is the our Duke of Edinburgh, for those of you that don't know myself, Carrington, David M and Harriet did our DofE Gold expedition while in Renland. This was a superb experience, being able to roam the Arctic independately within a group of peers is supercool in my opinon especially since we were doing it for something that most groups don't even leave the country for!


Downside to this was that to complete the expedition side of the award we needed to conduct a project while on our trip, we chose to study the glaciology of the Edward Bailey, the largest glacier on Renland. This unfortunately has become a chore of sorts, taking me back to time of GCSE and AS level geography coursework and while the stuff is interesting its just that little bit tedious.

Its probably not a good sign of my dedication to my education that I only mention that College related stuff here. Been putting off doing my UCAs application for ages now, need to get down to it, already missed the internal college deadline! So far have decided on 4 universities but need to find that illusive 5th one...

Spent the morning in college today re-siting a Physics exam, went quite well so hopefully I nailed it but we'll have to wait and see.

To top the last few days off came home tonight to find my cat ill, took him to the vets to get told that he has heart failure, probably not going to last for any more than the next few days. He's had a good life though, being older than me; which is pretty old for a cat!

Lets hope things start to calm down a bit...