Countdown to the first challenge day was up! We met the guys from Visit TeesValley in the wonderful Guisbrough Hall and had juice an’ pastrys (all very civilised). I even turned up in chinos an a tweed jacket just to blend in with the scenery but after bein’ given our list of challenges I did a quick change into combats an’ my “Face of Tees Valley” t-shirt ’cause it looked like things might get messy.
I set off with Helen my chaperone from “Outdoor Ambition Ltd” run by Lloyd Murry who had helped co-ordinate the day’s events. We powered towards Guisbrough high street as our challenges included travelling about on public transport (not much change for me there as I don’t drive ).
We made it to the bus and “jetted” off towards Middlesbrough with Joanna and her escort alongside us. Finnally we made it to Stuarts park and decided to get to our first destination on foot. We passed a friends house an’ I couldn’t resist poppin’ in an’ tellin her what I was up too but as she wasn’t home I decided to take a picture with the dog who I help look after. My first test was to clean the Infinity bridge at “Nature’s World” so after joggin’ for about two miles we got to Nature’s World an’ were immediatly given a bucket an’ sent to look for the bridge which is a replica of Stockton’s landmark over the Tees. Helen an’ I busied ourselves cleanin’ the bridge an got some pic’s taken.
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- Me an’ the incomparable Fressie. A real friend and fantastic lady x
Next was a trip into central ‘Boro to the designer store Psyche where we had to buy somthin’ for a tenner that would make me stand out in a crowd!! As an ex-employee I knew there was a stuffed raindeer in the attic which I thought would be fun but we couldn’t find it so settled on a manequin’s head (I actually paid £1o for it too ha ha). A good friend Fres was workin’ so got another pic an’ then ran into Noel Dennis from “the Noel Dennis Quartet” who were playin’ in Psyche. We were runnin’ out of time so decided on a taxi to the Waiting Room in Eaglescliffe where I had to make a latte. We got there with about 9o sec’s to spare as the rules said we had to arrive by 12.3o although not before so we stood outside in the rain ’til bang on 12.3o. When we walked in Joanna had been there 2o min so that was a waste of a soakin’!!
We then had a brief break before recounting the mornin’s adventures an’ settin’ off for Tees Barage where the madness was to continue.
