Au revoir, aufiderzein, and goodbye

So technically I have finished my term in office and Rachel Colley is now your Activities Officer for 2010/11. Before I disappear completely I thought I had better tell you what I was doing in my last month.

June saw the final and epic RAG event of the year - Treasure Hunt Europe. I was lucky enough to represent Sheffield in Europe by stewarding the event in city 3, Strasbourg. The sponsored event hopes to raise about £15,000, so look out for the total once every last penny has been received.

Teams of Shef Uni students met in Lille on the Monday evening, poised and ready to receive the first clue to lead them to secret city 1. There were four secret cities, at each one the teams had to race to a checkpoint to get the next clue which would lead them on to the next city’s checkpoint. The final city held a prize of £1000 for the first team there, but many people took part to see the cities they were passing through and spend a week not knowing where their next stop was or how to get there!

The final route was Lille--Amsterdam--Luxemburg--Strasbourg--Berlin, all cities worth visiting if you’ve never been.

Nabil, my co-steward, and I were in Strasbourg on ‘Les Ponts Couvert’ which means the covered the bridges. They were no longer covered. It rained. We got wet. Here are a couple of photos which we took on the trip.

Teams reading the firct clue at Lille


A team at the bridge in Strasbourg


The lovely view from the checkpoint in Strasbourg.

The final city was Berlin, a brilliant city, however as Nabil and I were in the penultimate city we didn’t get to Berlin until just before the end party. We led our hostel full of participants to the end party where everyone met up and shared T.H.E. stories over music and some lovely German Weiss beers. Over the whole event, there were no major disasters - one team almost travelled all the way to Copenhagen but after managing to avert that disaster they joined us at the end party.

Look out for T.H.E next year, and if you fancy a challenge then why not take it on?

Love Claire xxx