I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the reviews on the final silver expedition published yesterday – the two for the last chapter definitely made me smile after I'd left my house at 7:00am that morning and got home from college at 6:30pm, 11 ½ hours later!

It was early in the morning and Zosia as just tying up the laces of her brand new hiking boots, courtesy of her father, on. Her ankle had healed well but to prevent another preventable injury, he'd bought her proper hiking boots that protected and supported her ankles. With the money that he'd given her, Zosia had also bought some new camping and trekking equipment including a portable charger for her phone so that she could use her iPhone throughout the three days that they'd have no access to electricity.

"Zosia." Arthur whispered and she turned to see him standing in the open plan kitchen waving his hand to get her to go over to him.

"What?" She replied confusedly.

"We've got to leave in 20 minutes and Dom's still in his room and I'm sure I heard him drag some poor unfortunate soul in there last night." He informed her quietly.

"Well what do you want me to do about it?"

"You–" Both junior doctors jumped as his door opened so they turned around and busied themselves in the kitchen.

"I'll see you later." Dom smiled as he kissed the unknown man before he showed him out of the flat and then waltzed into the kitchen wearing nothing but his green kimono dressing gown. "Ah, it's a beautiful morning." He sung happily but he frowned when Zosia raised her eyebrow at him. "What? It's not a school night; I'm allowed friends round aren't I?" He joked.

"We're leaving at 8 o'clock Dom."

"Yeah? So? We've still got over an hour."

"It's 7:40 Dom, you've got 20 minutes." Arthur stated.

"What?" He frowned as he looked at his watch.

"He hasn't moved his watch an hour forward." Zosia concluded.

"Don't panic, I can get ready in 20 minutes." Dom stated before he jogged to the bathroom and then slammed the door behind him. "Zosh, put two slices of bread in the toaster please!" He shouted over the shower.

Rather than travelling by minibus, the group of 10 were all getting there by their own means. Mo was taking Adele and Sacha in her car, Guy was taking Colette, Dom was driving Arthur and Zosia and Jonny was driving with his partner in the passenger seat.

"Jac, stop panicking it'll be fine." Jonny said reassuringly. She had spent the first 20 minutes of the journey to the New Forest flicking through various sheets that she had printed off about horse riding and she showed no signs of stopping. He could understand why she was apprehensive – she'd never ridden a horse before and was going to be expected to learn rather swiftly for one day out of the three day trek. But most of the group would also be in the same boat at her – it was just her desire for knowledge and to be in control that was fuelling her panic.

"I'm not panicking. I'd just like to know what I'm getting myself in to." She replied calmly.

"Alright, stop being so… Jac-like then. Look," He began as he grabbed the sheets from her hands and threw them into the back seats "you're not the only one who hasn't ridden before. Everything will be fine." He said whilst he avoided eye contact with her though he could see that she had risen her eyebrows at him. "Hey, why the long face?" He joked which caused Jac to let out a long sigh; it was going to be a very tiring weekend.

A little after 8am, the junior doctors had left Holby in Dom's car. Zosia was in the passenger seat whilst Arthur was in the back being squashed by two enormous hiking bags since only one would fit in the boot.

"Do you really think that's safe?" Arthur protested as Dom took his allergy medication.

"Relax Diggers, it's a red light." Dom protested before he took a swig of water. "Anyway I wouldn't need to take them if someone's father wasn't making us ride horses. Did you even try to dissuade your father from making us ride horses? I'm going to swell up like a balloon, I won't stop sneezing, I won't be able to breath–"

"It's not my fault. I asked him if you could get out of it but he's had it booked for weeks." Zosia replied. "Would you really rather walk for a whole day while the rest of us go on horseback? We'll be so much faster than you and you'd be by yourself all day." Zosia stated.

"You've perked up a bit." Dom pointed out. "These last three times we've been on the way to the expedition you've been all grumpy and thrown a hissy fit. What's different?"

"Maybe I'm just in a good mood." She shrugged. "And maybe I had horse riding lessons since I was 5 and I had my own horse by the age of 9." Zosia smiled sweetly.

"Of course you did." Dom said sarcastically. "Let me guess, Daddy got you your own stables too."

"No, I only had my own horse. But I did have to sell her when I went to university so I haven't ridden in years."

"That still means you're going to be at a huge advantage when we horse ride all day tomorrow." Arthur stated.

"My dad's pretty good too, him, Mama and I used to go out riding into the middle of nowhere as a family to get away from their work. Colette took me to my riding lessons a couple of times so she might not have ridden a horse before but she's more than comfortable around horses." She explained.

"Fantastic." Dom said sarcastically.

"Welcome to the New Forest ladies and gentlemen." Guy smiled as he stood in the car park in front of the other nine individuals who had gathered around. "We're going to be walking along a route called the Solent Way. It's a coastal route, and it's about 60 miles long and we'll be covering about 30 miles tomorrow on horses so we won't be walking quite as far as we did on the practice expedition. As before, we're covering a certain route so I won't be splitting you up into teams today nor will I be confiscating mobile phones or tablets. Are there any questions?"

"Are there toilets at the campsite?" Zosia asked bluntly.

"Yes, and showers too." He confirmed. "Right, is there anyone who would like to take the lead in navigating today? I've got instructions for the route as well as a map just in case."

"I'll do it." Jonny nodded and he took the sheets of paper from the CEO.

"You do realise that if you misread the map and we get lost you're going to be in a lot of trouble with the others, let alone me, right?" Jac retorted quietly whilst everyone else prepared to embark on their journey.

"Well then, you'd better help me and make sure we go the right way." Jonny stated.

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