Thursday 20th August

Five minutes after breakfast was supposed to have ended, team mates Kate and Laura, who were supposed to be preparing it, woke up! Half asleep teammate Kate attempted to boil the kettle without the base and waited for the toaster to heat up before putting in the toast. Slightly later than intended the group donned their red waterproofs and lifejackets ready to set sail. AS results in dribs and drabs created, as team mate Laura would say, “a whirlwind of emotions”. Tenacity set sail about an hour later which created much excitement amongst the group as this was the furthest we had ever been. However we soon realised the sails weren’t out. We sailed down the Sound of Mull whilst team mate Phil attempted to fish what we thought was a shark only to find it was a lot of seaweed. Team mate Beth’s brownies were a must have for raising team morale as we continued to analyse the UMS marking system that our parents had failed to comprehend. Throughout the day the group were shocked to learn the extent to which the boat would actually tilt which lead to some interesting dice games downstairs. The players of said game were quick to blame Teammate Amy and Lizzie’s steering. We arrived at our destination of Tobermory (the setting of the children’s tv programme Balamory) much to the team mates’ excitement. A trip of the town (very small group of multi-coloured houses) ensued. Much to team mate Jennifer’s disappointment the Mull museum was shut. After searching the town (very small group of multi-coloured houses), we returned back to the toilets, resigned to the fact that we would have to pay 20p for a toilet. We returned to Tenacity, and attempted to make friends with the owners of the large, steel boat moored next door; teammate George asked where they had come from, they replied as walking away, “from America but we built the boat in New Zealand.” Teammate George’s response was a “We’re from Bolton” as they had reached the end of the jetty, much to the amusement of the rest of the team… Teammates Louise and Lizzie cooked some delicious stir fry which Captain Col kindly finished off from the pan. The teammates are now off to attempt to get as many people through a 7 minute shower costing £2, as is physically possible… should be fun See you tomorrow teammates  xoxo
PS. Even though it was Balamory, there was no pink castle, which greatly upset Teammate Beth. What a scam, BBC!