Spent the day in York yesterday: a bright and breezy day in the company of a group of NQT colleagues from Yorkshire and Cheshire.
There was lots of sharing and stories, and I enjoyed the day very much, despite a lack of wifi in the room. We had a small Mission:Explore wander along the river, past the famous King's Arms, and thought about possible activities that would go alongside some of the more traditional fieldwork.
There was a good lunch, with plenty of chicken kebabs....
It was interesting to hear about the various journeys that some of the delegates had been on before
As part of the day I did the usual shout-out to Twitter colleagues to say hello and to answer a question. The question this time was supplied by Kris, who wanted to know 'which country do you think it would take the longest to get to from the UK'.
Thanks to those who replied - we had responses from colleagues in Devon, Bath, Newcastle, Abu Dhabi, Melbourne Australia, Newport Pagnell, Bangkok and Birmingham
The answers they gave included
- Somewhere in the central Pacific
- deep underground in China
- Bhutan
- Antarctica (is it a country ?)
- Deep underwater- the Cook Islands in the South Pacific
- New Zealand
- the Antipodes Islands
- Micronesia
- St. Helena
- Tristan da Cunha
- Tibetan plateau
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Thanks once again to the delegates...
The event will run again next Thursday, the 15th of November in London. Ring Lucy Oxley at the GA if you'd like to join me.
Image: Alan Parkinson
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