“Bring a bottle of wine, I’ve made bagels and brioche” messaged Claire. With any other group, I’d fear for the next days caving plans - but with the Bens stupid-keeness driving us, I knew we’d be okay.As for my own psyche - I have a special place in my heart...
She said something like “You guys okay? I didn’t think that looked like the right way” but her words where but frost on the breeze to my frozen ears. I was much more interested in other things: the bothy and haribos she brought.
It was a surreal moment of bonding for us five then. I don’t know how long we huddled there, covered with our plastic bag to hold in what little warmth we had left, being fed by Rachel. I think I was probably the worst off, and for the first stretch of blurred time I existed in a state of delirium.
“Is this what it’s always going to be like?” I remember saying.
Or maybe I just thought it: I was pretty loopy for a while there.