For the few of you who read my posts, you'd know that I went off to Nairobi for the mighty Hog Charge. We arrived on the Saturday afternoon to a campsite, with a pool and bar. We firstly headed off to check the course out and see the sunset, and took some amazing photos. It was all a very chilled atmosphere at the campsite, with only 15 odd children camping with us. I met this lovely couple called the Francis-Jones' who live in Nairobi and have a daughter at Pembroke. It was a lovely evening.
The cycling event itself started on the Sunday morning. This is a team cycling event, with 4 boys/girls in a team. It took place in this savanna like field where there are 6 checkpoints scattered around the field, and you (as a team) need to navigate how you get to each checkpoint using a map. There is a time limit of 3 hours and is approximately 20km long. Each checkpoint is sponsored by a school, so Pembroke had checkpoint three, an its a competition,judged by the competitors, as top who has the best checkpoint. So at our checkpoint, we had Pembroke bandanas asked in ice cold water, as well as ice lollies and ice cold sponge on your back. Safe to say, we won the competition!
There was then a second competition called the gauntlet. This is much shorter, and consists of obstacles, including a mud pt with a slippery slope at the end, which made for great viewing! The sports assistants and James made a up a team and won but events in the men's event, which was pretty impressive, and worth the 50 pound entry fee for them! They each won a 6 pack of dairy fresh (this delicious flavoured milk).
The whole day was great fun, but very hot! It felt 35 degrees, and was dry heat...thank go I wasn't competing!
See y'all tomorrow
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