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News and updates as 10 students walk the length of the country in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland.
Coming into Clare
The Team
DEVANE, Aoife: The newest member of the crew. An all-round catch. The boys in Meenacrumlin won't know what hit 'em.
FITZGERALD, Gavin: "We'll be grand lads, it's only walking."
FLINN, Barry: Enthusiast of the finger-toothbrush. Hygiene issues likely to dominate.
GRENNAN, Mark: Unbelievable at really hard sums. Best serve-and-volleyer of the group.
HODGINS, Sam: Unlikely to pack long pants. Likely to find a really big stick along the way.
HURLEY, Tim: Expected to eat no more than 8 times on the trip. Mostly M&Ms.
KANE, Gavin: The hottest guy in BESS and co-ordinator of training and safety.
MCKEATING, David: Prone to apparating against his will; splinching could prove troublesome.
MCKINNEY, CONOR: Two weeks of uninterrupted beard growth will have the girls in Meenacrumlin as feverish as the boys.
MOTHERWAY, Laura: Aka the Motorway. The original mother figure of the group. Has better handwriting than Tim.
FITZGERALD, Gavin: "We'll be grand lads, it's only walking."
FLINN, Barry: Enthusiast of the finger-toothbrush. Hygiene issues likely to dominate.
GRENNAN, Mark: Unbelievable at really hard sums. Best serve-and-volleyer of the group.
HODGINS, Sam: Unlikely to pack long pants. Likely to find a really big stick along the way.
HURLEY, Tim: Expected to eat no more than 8 times on the trip. Mostly M&Ms.
KANE, Gavin: The hottest guy in BESS and co-ordinator of training and safety.
MCKEATING, David: Prone to apparating against his will; splinching could prove troublesome.
MCKINNEY, CONOR: Two weeks of uninterrupted beard growth will have the girls in Meenacrumlin as feverish as the boys.
MOTHERWAY, Laura: Aka the Motorway. The original mother figure of the group. Has better handwriting than Tim.
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- Mission complete
- Update on the Mission Days 13-14
- The Mission Mentioned on the Radio
- Day 12: Tubbercurry to Sligo
- Day 11: Knock to Tubbercurry
- Day 10: Shrule to Knock
- Mission in the Media (Again!)
- Updated Route
- Day 9: Galway to Shrule
- Updated Map
- Day 8: Ardrahan to Galway
- Day 7: Nowhere, the Middle of to Ardrahan
- Day 6: Cratloe to Nowhere, The Middle of
- Map of the Route
- Day 5: Croom to Cratloe
- Mission in the media
- Day 4: Mallow to Croom
- Day 3: Macroom to Mallow
- Day 2: Bantry to Macroom
- Day 1: Mizen Head to Bantry
- Predeparture Day: The Calm Before The Storm
- The Team
- The Route
- Welcome to the blog of the Mizen Malin Mission!
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Trudgery (N)
Def: The feeling near the end of the day, when there's still a good 6k to go and pace has slackened to half that of the optimistic morning; blisters hurt; muscles ache; feet throb; no-one's talking; walking's boring. The epitome of poor morale.
Google Maps (N)(PL)
Def: A generally useful guidance system that suffers from the minor flaw of ignoring quite significant mountains entirely in showing the most direct route to, say, Macroom. Also fails to make clear which names indicated on tiny back roads are actual places and which are merely townlands in which there may or may not be a farmhouse.
Wasp (N)
A person who enjoys the maximum of breaks interspersed with the minimum of walking, then tending to enjoy a brief five-minute spurt before beginning to enquire as to the distance to the next stop and plotting their next break.
Nurofen (N)
Def: Life
On morale
Walking, as endurance, is mental as much as physical. Good team morale is as essential as thick socks, bandages and a plentiful supply of Deep Heat on the Mission. Dedicated (and self-appointed) Morale Officer David McKeating strives to keep spirits high on the march, except on those occasions when he does not.
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