Snowdon, Snowmen and Pot Noodles
Aqua Sphere Snowman Mile Jo Mitchinson - Team Aqua Sphere UK athlete “Can you actually camp?” That was the first message I received as I approached my campsite in Snowdonia. I’d stopped at what my phone said was the last Costa before I arrived, for one last 'just in case' Americano. As a generally organised person, I was confident I could pack for 3 nights in a field on my own before a race. Unfortunately, my confidence waned as I lost internet access, then phone signal & turned onto a farm track in the pouring rain. Composure regained, I set about pitching my tiny tent in the horizontal downpour. Then the inflatable mattress. I didn’t want to get it wet on the floor while I pumped it up so I congratulated myself on my initiative and began inflating it in the front seats of the car (Skoda Citago!). My first camping malfunction of the week was being unable to prise the fully inflated double mattress back out of the car again. Eventually I had to let...