This weekend, the members of our trusty support crew travelled to Oxford with the aim of assembling themselves into an eclectic but steadfast team. We had a weekend of enforced bonding with riverside walks and a big slap up BBQ, and a glorious time was had by all. (Except our team red-head, Rachel who was dismayed to discover the team T Shirts are orange. She may not forgive me… but we all know she’ll look lush in it regardless!)

When half our team lives in London, and half in Oxford – it was a bit of a decision as to whether to spend this precious time together on a bg stomping walk and build our leg muscles. Or have a more tame weekend with the support team – but I know we made the right decision. I would reccomend to anyone to get your support crew together before the big day. It was jolly. We got to talk over hopes, fears and foibles. Plus worked out important stuff like logistics and who dirves/sleeps when. But mostly we started to feel like a team. I have a tear in my eye! Also hopefully they will be more understanding of our nighttime tantrums as a result.

I absolutely heart our support crew to death. They are going to make this event. I can’t wait.