Updates and equipment

Now I really know it's getting closer to the trek as the emails from Charity Challenge are coming thick and fast. As Lynsey and I are organising our own flights and arrive the day before everyone else we have been given instructions on how to meet up with the rest of the group. These instructions basically are look for the guy holding the Charity Challenge board up in arrivals at Beijing Airport and walk over to him! We arrive there on Friday 25th and the others arrive on the 26th. We arrive at 10pm local time and have organised a night in The Peking International Hostel. This has a travel desk where we are hoping we can make some arrangements for our adventures after the trek. We hopefully won't be too jet lagged when we arrive so we can spend the following day perhaps seeing a bit of the city before heading back to the airport to meet up with the others. Exciting!
In a previous post I was waffling about some craghoppers trousers that I had ordered from Amazon. It turned out Home Delivery Network aren't so bad after all as David picked them up for me today. I'm really happy with them and they are exactly what I need.
One pair are navy and zip off into knee length shorts and the other are dark grey and zip off into 3/4 length trousers, very versatile! They are so light too so will be great in the hot weather and pack up nice and small in my rucksack. Now I just need walking socks and some light tops and then I'm set for the trek.
I'm also in the middle of planning my 4 week training schedule as odd as it sounds my next 4 weeks are revolving round trek training so I need to set some sessions in stone and work other things around them. It's the only way I can get myself in the best shape possible for the challenge ahead!