Day 21 - back home

The final sunrise for our adventure was onboard our flight from Kenya somewhere over south east Europe.

The final part of our journey now complete and seeing all of the parents back at school and hearing their thanks and how much they have enjoyed reading this blog was a great feeling. For me the blog was a way to remember each day and the experience that we had, I know for lots of you it was a way to feel a part of the experience.

Saying goodbye to my new family was tough. We have shared some amazing experiences over the last 3 weeks it is really hard to part ways.

We are now all back home and I have read so many messages from the team with their thanks and appreciation of this experience of a lifetime. It has been such an honour to lead this team this year, and I am so proud of each and every one of them. This was easily the most amazing trip I have ever lead. It certainly was the most emotional one. 
Enjoy the rest of your summer, I miss you all, and I will see you all again in October.

Take care.

Andy x

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