Nothing quite says English summer like a walk in the country and a few drinks in a beer garden. So, in true Calibre Search style last weekend the team set off on the annual Calibre walk and, luckily for our walkers, the weather was glorious.
With 16 miles to walk and 9 pubs to visit the team had an early start: an 8am meet to put up the tents for the night ahead and a sausage sandwich to start the journey right.
A shortage of tents meant a few of the men in the group were sharing. In any usual circumstance that would have been absolutely fine, but there were rumours brewing that a certain Calibre director had a habit of snoring, loudly.
A minibus took the group across to Barden Bridge and by 10am they were off on their first leg of the journey.
There were plenty of smiles on the teams faces, safe in the knowledge the first pub was just 90 minutes away!
At 1pm the team sat down for some lunch, after 2 hours of walking completed and plenty more steps to go the fish and chips at The Swan pub in went down a treat, combined with a few drinks of course….
With a full stomach, the second leg of the journey was a little slower and there were a few more moans from the group. Lindsay, Calibre’s sales administrator, was getting tired, not of the walking, but tired of her partner Josh’s constant moaning and claims he was “going to die”.
But there were still a few smiles, especially when Director Mark Lyons fell into a nettle bush and Amy fell into a rabbit hole. It was hard to mock them too much though, with the constant beautiful scenery it was no surprise that the team spent more time looking at the views than looking at where they put their feet!
Plenty more hills were climbed, too many nettles were touched, a stream was crossed and noses were burnt by late afternoon.
Simon Wake found himself a stylish and fully functioning walking cane on en route and did not miss the opportunity to model his latest look for the group.
12 hours after first meeting at the campsite the Calibre walkers were ready for some well-deserved dinner. Menston Cricket Club served up some delicious homemade pies and the team were safe in the knowledge that they only had 30 more minutes of walking before they got back the to the camp site… or at least the final pub, the Chevin End.
The day was a success all round, beautiful weather, lovely food and great company. The group might have been sleeping in tents and sleeping bags but after that much walking most got a good night’s sleep* before heading off home with the guarantee that Calibre Search would not be making them do anymore walking for a long time!
*Excluding the tent shared by a few of the guys, turns out the snoring rumours were true!
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