It's now less than 3 weeks until we board the plane to Beijing, it hardly seems real. I've not had the busiest week of training, other than walking to/from work but I guess it's better than nothing. In an attempt to make myself feel less guilty about this I went to the shops today to continue buying my supplies for the trek. I have most of my clothes now, just need to get more socks and a few more t-shirts so I thought I should me a start on the suggested kit list. After a 15 minute visit to Boots I came out £40 lighter and laden with rehydration sachets, water purification tablets, blister plasters, insect repellent and a padlock amongst regular everyday items like toothpaste. Not my regular shopping list by any means! I'm hoping that by taking as many precautions as possible, with the purification tablets for example, I won't get sick during the trip. I've never had to worry about contaminated water before so I'll need to be super careful especially with my medications. I can't afford to get sick and then worry about retaking them or not as I'm sure I'll have plenty of other things to think about that are much more fun.
There are still several items that I need to buy but I feel like I've made a good start. I just need to keep plugging away at my list now to avoid any last minute rushing around!
Tomorrow we are hosting our last fundraising event before the trek, hope it's a success!
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