The final countdown!

3 days to go.
2 days in school, then it's an early morning wake-up for a 7am flight to Kilimanjaro Airport.
The bag is packed (my mother would be proud - I had a practise pack first!!), I have medical kit to cure anything from a blister to an operation with my sterile needle kit (five years old and never opened), 2 sleeping bags (just in case it gets extra cold), thermals, beanie hats, sun screen, 2 headlamps and loads of batteries, a camel pack and enough snacks to fuel an entire rugby team!
Today we had our final Sunday walk, followed by a dinner and a briefing. A couple of things made me chuckle.
The first is that Diamox, the controversial anti-altitude sickness drug, lists 'lack of sex drive' as one of the possible side effects. Well, excuse me, but I would be very concerned about anybody who actually had a high sex drive on the side of Kili, being as it will be minus ten and we are staying in huts with up to 120 dorm beds in them. Anybody who starts to shed any of their clothes should be immediately escorted down the mountain, in my view!
Secondly, and of great importance to me, is that the meal plan includes a cup of tea in bed each morning. Excellent!