After badly bruising and cutting my left hand, right elbow and bruising my left thigh and bum cheek while gorge walking I was glad to get back to the house to rest my weary limbs.
We were treated to a hearty evening meal of Thai green chicken curry with noodles which everyone woofed down gratefully and later in the evening once we were all showered and spruced up we were invited back to the communal dining table for our last evening together as a group.
We were greeted with a glass of champagne and the welcomed heat from the massive dining room fire place in full flame. As we took our seats at the candle lit table we were given goody bags, for making it to the end of the week, by the camp's adoptive 'mum' Kate and then our two instructors for the week Staff Nesbit and Staff Penn proceeded to praise our efforts and handed out individual completion certificates to each of us charting our ups and downs throughout our time at boot camp.
Staff Nesbit presented me with my certificate and congratulated me for my efforts and for not moaning about each activity we had to tackle. Me not moaning- surely he had got the wrong person!? Anyone who knows me knows that I like to have a moan about anything challenging, but I am very grateful for my certificate and am also glad I am one of those who actually completed the course.

Out of 21 girls five left the course before the end of the week for various reasons from giving up to being ill and I wasn't one of drop-outs (for a change). It was a lovely evening if not a tad emotional as we all reminisced about our personal journeys and the hardships and physical struggles we had all encounter to get to this stage. But tomorrow was just another day activity-wise at boot camp despite it being the last so we all headed off to bed before 11pm in preparation for our last 5.30am start.

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