Year 11: 50 Mile Walk
50 Mile Walk
Zedd Garbellini
We began our trip on a two hour bus ride from Scotch to Moray where the walk would begin the next morning. We arrived at Moray around five and collected our bags and placed them in our cabins. Some of the boys chopped and collected fire wood and created a substantial fire. The girls arrived shortly after to have a cooked meal prepared for them by the boys; a nice steak sandwich. After dinner we all had a meeting and prepared our feet for a walk we were never going to forget. Girls and guys strapped their feet from ankle to toe, revealing no skin at all to make sure that the blisters wouldn’t appear the next day.
In the morning we woke to the sound of bagpipes penetrating the calm stillness of Moray. Some cereal was quickly consumed and then we were off on an 80 km journey up and down hills.
All of us knew that we would have to support one another all the way from Moray to Moray (that’s right, zero kilometres displacement!). I have to admit the whole walk felt as though we were going around in circles. In the latter stages of the walk our parents met us and congratulated us for the distance we had achieved and continued to push us for the last five kilometres. These last five kilometres were the best part of the whole walk picturing nice warm showers and a soft bed to rest our cramping legs and feet. In the last 100 metres we all linked arms and the bagpipes were played as we walked through streamers and balloons. The next day we all hobbled to the bus and fell asleep after the long adventure. I would definitely recommend this walk for any boys who are up for a challenge and those who want to do something other than going home for the weekend, it is worth it.