Pirates of the Caribbean Changeover

By Thomasin Lockwood

Thomasin with DPM, Tim

The three alpha groups arrived at Fieldbase on Wednesday after a trip into Mysore. We were reunited with friends and exchanged stories, gossip and advice about the phases.

Alpha Three return on the "party bus"

The evening’s entertainment had been set, the theme: PIRATES!

A banquet had been prepared for dinner – a barbeque of chicken, sausages and all the trimmings.

Each alpha group had once again created another skit, but as we’d such a high standard at the first changeover, we had high expectations.

Each alpha team were unique and clever with their ideas, all received numerous chuckles from the captive audience and the judging panel.

Alpha Two

Alpha One

Alpha Three



Unbelievably, alpha two managed to win again in the skit competition, although the group was different members this time…

To round off the skits, bags of coloured powder were produced. We all looked on in bewilderment as they were placed in front of us in the quad and we were instructed to empty the contents over one another.

Within seconds there was a mass of multi-coloured people ducking and diving and trying to avoid yet another handful of powder.

This was in fact part of an Indian festival celebrated here recently called Holi Day and is a sign of friendship.

The music was cranked up and we danced the night away: a heaving mass of colours!

Unfortunately, this is where I end my adventure with Raleigh and return to cold, wet England; back to normality and routine. I have shared the most amazing experiences and challenges with a fantastic group of people, who I will miss greatly. I hope their time on Raleigh was as awesome and continues to be as awesome as mine was and would like to say a special thank you to Phase Two Alpha Three, who helped keep me motivated to the very end of the trek while having the most amazing time.