Report on Waterfall Training Saturday 4th January 2004 
by
BY SENPAI BRETT ALLUM

05:30 HRS: WAKE UP, DARK, COLD, WET & ICY

06:00 - 0615 HRS: PICK UP SQUAD, BY REG IN TEAM VOLVO

06:20 HRS: LEAVE BASE CAMP – HEADING WEST

08:30 HRS: JOURNEY UNDERWAY, STILL ON M25, ACCOMPANIED BY AC/DC – HIGHWAY TO HELL!! VOLUME SETTING- FLAT OUT!

09:30 HRS: STOP FOR WATER BREAK, FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST & £2.00 CUP OF COFFEE

1000 HRS: ON M4 – STARTING TO SNOW, MUST BE GETTING CLOSE – TEMP. CHECK IN TEAM VOLVO: -2DEGREES. OVER SEVERN BRIDGE – YES! WE’VE MADE IT SAFELY ACROSS THE BORDER!!

10:30 HRS: ARRIVE AT MEETING POINT “THE LAMB HOTEL” AS IT IS NOW KNOWN. AC/DC STILL GOING. AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

1045 HRS: JOIN WITH OTHER KYOKUSHINKAI & HEAD UP MOUNTAINSIDE, HEADED BY SHIHAN MAC ROBERTSON

11:15 HRS: AFTER ‘SLOG’ UPHILL – STOP FOR KIHON TO GAIN WARMTH IN PREPARATION FOR FINAL ASSAULT.

11:30 HRS: DESCEND RAVINE TO SEE AWESOME SIGHT OF WATERFALL IN FULL WINTER FLOW. GET CHANGED & PASS UNDER FALLS TO OPPOSITE SIDE IN GRADE ORDER FOR MORE KIHON…. (ALL THE TIME TRYING TO STAY BALANCED & BREATHE CORRECTLY & NOT FALL IN)

11:35 HRS: ALERT!! 3 HIKERS IN MATCHING BLACK UNDERPANTS ATTEMPT TO FOIL MISSION – NOT SUCCESSFUL!

11:40 HRS: ENTERED FALLS INDIVIDUALLY IN GRADE ORDER TO COMPLETE MISSION – 20-100 PUNCHES (DEPENDENT ON GRADE & CRAZYNESS) – ONCE ACHIEVED OBJECTIVE - CHANGE, COFFEE (SENSAI BUFTON SPECIAL!) & ACSEND RAVINE ON WAY HOME.

12:30 HRS: AT TOP OF HILL – TOAST TO SHIHAN MAC & SHIHAN CLARONINO FOR THEIR 5TH DAN & 7TH DAN ACHEIVEMENTS AND TO ALL OF KYOKUSHIN GB. SAKI KINDLY DONATED BY SHIHAN MAC!

13:00 HRS: IN “LAMB” PUB FOR HOT SOUP, ROLLS & MORE ALCOHOLIC REFRESHEMENT

14:30 HRS: “GOODBYES” SAID BY ALL – ON ROAD IN TEAM VOLVO HEADING BACK EAST – RETURNING TO BASE CAMP, STOPPING FOR MORE REFRESHMENTS – AC/DC ALL THE WAY!!!!  
TEAM VOLVO SQUAD – SHIHAN MAC ROBERTSON, SENPAI SIMON LAWRENCE, SENPAI BRETT ALLUM, REG HARRIS & ALEX JOHNSON