And we’re back! An early start on Monday morning allowed the team to do some final packing before commencing the 5 hour drive up to Johannesburg Airport. Having dropped off the vans, all in good order, we started the check-in and security dance with the rest of the Palma team, before grabbing some last minute sushi and doing some shopping. We then boarded the plane for our flight back to Heathrow, only 12 hours after leaving the hotel in the morning!

Some creative seat swapping later left some members of the team with lots of space to enjoy the flight, whilst others weren’t so fortunate. A smooth 10.5 hours later, we touched down at Heathrow in the early hours ready to scoop up our 1 tonne + of luggage and deposit it into the coach for the ride back to Bisley. Bacon butties, kindly provided by the NLRC, were demolished by the team upon arrival back at Bisley before we went about unpacking our various team bags and rifle cases. Farewells ensued before the team departed back to their daily lives.

Stay tuned for a tour wrap up to come!