Ten university students and not one of them realised until the night before the big kickoff that a lack of internet access meant that they wouldn't be able to update this blog regularly during their 570 kilometre trek. So, the task has fallen to me (Cillian Forde) to update you all on the trials and tribulations of the Mizen-Malin Mission through regular text updates from the Bearded One.
The lads and ladies left Dublin on Wednesday morning and travelled from Dublin to Bantry by bus and car. The lovely weather added to the air of excitement on the journey down, or so I'm told, however, there is a general concern at the speed of traffic on country roads; extreme caution and crabwalking is being considered. A big thank you from the group to Barry Kelly and his girlfriend Trish for giving them a lift down and to Ed Wrynn and Tim Arnold and their families for putting them up for the night in style. That's the last of the home comforts they're going to have for the next 2 weeks!
Last minute training took place in a pub in West Cork where the Lions victory was undoubtedly celebrated with restraint. The Lions victory was supplemented by a stranger in SuperValu who donated €20 to the cause, so victory all around this evening.
Updates on the Team
Fitzo - continues to make less sense than the Times cryptic crossword in all utterances.
Barry - leading fearlessly, as ever, but meetings are handicapped by general short attention spans.
Motherway - bigging up suncream and all other items protective in nature while generally being mothering.
McKeating - Paddy Wallace references were conspicuously absent today as, between a trip to Spain to top up the tan and a trip to the physio to further hone his sculpted body, McKeating couldn't join the rest of the group. He begins his trip south tomorrow and will meet up with the rest of the group on Day 2. Perhaps.
Packing Awards
Biggest bag - Kaner
Smallest Bag - McKinney
Irrelevant Packing - Smodge with 8 cans of tuna and a 1,000 page book but no rain jacket.
Theme of the Day: Crab People
Word of the Day: "Manlihood - coined by Grennan, but was quickly undermined in his case by the purchase of light coleslaw for Day 1 supplies."
A reminder to all to donate to the group @ http://www.mycharity.ie/event/mizenmalinmission
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