Getting closer...

Well. Third Briefing is coming to an end. At the start of the weekend, Alice had put our to do list on post-it notes stuck around the Union Flag. As we ticked off jobs, we moved the post-it over to the Latvian flag (although maybe not quite as neatly!)

The start of the weekend

The end of the weekend

By 11am on the Sunday morning, everything was off the Union Flag and onto the Latvian - whoop! We're all quite amazed at how much work we've actually got through in these three days. AND to add to our excitement mid-Saturday, we received an e-mail from Liga, our Latvian contact!! She managed to answer a lot of our questions, without us actually asking them, which was brilliant :)

The next time we see each other now will be the night before we fly out, so we're in line for a lot of teleconferences, facebook chats and e-mail conversations to finish off our planning so time for a quick Q&A with the team... 

How are you feeling about Latvia now then guys?!  

Laura: "I'm feeling good! Looking forward to it :)" 

Sarah: "Very excited!"

Ton: "Intrigued!"

Alice: "Excited!"

Lizzie: "lots of planning ahead, but we've achieved a lot this weekend so I think we're on track." 

Net: "Can't wait to get going!" 

We also found time to play a bit of aeroball - basically basketball on a trampoline! 

And we also got very excited about booking our "reunion" event in 2016 - at least three of us are off to Sangam for their 50th birthday event! There's nothing like a bit of forward planning... See you there right?! 

Third Briefing

Well hello from Third Briefing - this weekend finds us in sunny Lincolnshire at PGL Caythorpe Court. We all arrived Thursday night (Net had a long way to travel - all of about a minute walk and Lizzie only had to come from Glasgow!) and after a bit of a catch up, we had a relatively early night so that we were all bright and chipper for our busy days ahead. 

Friday morning saw us (after a hearty breakfast) set up in the classroom, and after a brief game of two truths and a lie, we started smashing through our list of things we had to discuss throughout the weekend - ranging from emergency contacts, to a giant kit list, to free time games, to finalising our clothing order (FINALLY!). Mostly importantly, we discussed the name for our mascot, which we opened up to the internet and had a wide variety of responses - the naming ceremony will happen on Sunday! We also stayed fed and hydrated with snacks and plenty of squash (Team Latvia loves squash) along the way, and a break for lunch (pizza and wedges!). We worked solidly through the day and by the time it got to dinner (18.05 precisely), we had finished 14 different tasks and pretty much melted our brains. 

The Team :D 

Our to do list - on the flag! 

Hard at work!

Meet the Mascot

After dinner, we had a wander around PGL, including seeing the seesaw where Net broke her thumb, and a beautiful sunset, and eventually ended up back in our rooms where we basically all collapsed in an exhausted heap! 

We'll fill you in more tomorrow - including the official name of the bear!