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One week to go!

Final preparations are underway. We've had lots of flight changes over the last two days but thanks to the persistent people at Intrepid we are sorted again and great news, plane fans, we are on a Dreamliner for the first leg of the outbound flight, which has cheered Vicki up no end. 
Steve and Vicki went to visit Reuben's Retreat last week. We can't express enough just how amazing they are and how impactful your donations are to their work. Thank you so very very much. We think we might hit £10,000 from all the Bolton at Home Trekkers' fundraising including Edward and Anne last year, which is just unbelievable!
This week we are resting up a bit, eating well, staying hydrated and packing our bags ready for Saturday. We want to be as ready as we can be.
Here's the itinerary as it stands at the moment:
Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th March: travel to Kathmandu via Doha. Get our visas, trekking permits, phone SIMs and duffel bags and hopefully a bit of sleep.
Monday 27th - up very early (rumours of a 4am start 😬) to drive 4 hours to Ramechhap airstrip for our flight to Lukla. Trek to Phadking (approx 3 hours)
Tuesday 28th - trek to the wonderfully named Namche Bazaar (approx 6 hours)
Wednesday 29th - acclimatisation day in Namche. Not a rest day though as the itinerary recommends a 'strenuous hike' to help with the acclimatisation
Thursday 30th - trek 6-7 hours to Phortse
Friday 31st - unspecified trek time but up to Dingboche
Saturday 1st April - acclimatisation day in Dingboche, again with hikes to help.
Sunday 2nd April - trek to Lobuche. See people climbing Everest!
Monday 3rd April - trek to Gorak Shep then BASE CAMP! Stay in Gorak Shep. It's gonna be cold!
Tuesday 4th April - up early to trek up Kalar Patar for sunrise and some emotional scenes then start the descent to either Orsho or Pheriche
Wednesday 5th April - down then up a bit to Tengboche. About 4 hours.
Thursday 6th April - about 5 hours trekking through Namche, staying in Monjo. 
Friday 7th April - 5 hours trekking down to Lukla and HOT SHOWERS!
Saturday 8th April - weather permitting, fly back to Ramechhap then bus to Kathmandu which takes nearly twice as long as it did on the way. Don't know why, don't want to know!
Sunday 9th April - buffer day and hopefully some sightseeing in Kathmandu.
Monday 10th April - ✈️ home. Fingers crossed for upgrades!

We will do our best to do some updates on here, on Facebook and on Workplace for our colleagues, signal and batteries depending. 

Thanks again everyone and if you want to see where the fundraising is up to or know someone who'd like to donate, go to: 
https://www.justgiving.com/team/EveRRest22
Thanks again!
Vicki, Owen and Steve



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