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Video evidence of what I'm up against

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One of the lovely ladies on the trek in April next year found a video on YouTube by Russell Morgan Davies who took part in the trek in April 2015 . It's been really helpful to see what people wear (we have a kit list but we're obsessing on it just ever so slightly) and what we might expect. I am now excited and terrified in equal measures. I am not a person known for bravery. Nursing lovely daughter, and then Tim were the hardest and scariest things I've ever had to do in my life. And I figure that nothing will come close to that, so what am I scared of? Here are my top five lists of good things and not so good things: Good things list : Sheep (oh, they are just adorable). Donkeys (I might have to smuggle one home). Beetles (I love the little critters - especially the shiny ones). Portaloos at least at one of the camps (another lady on the trek and I have been a bit anxious about the loo situation). Wow! That architecture (and a jolly good party at the end). Not so good thi