Harborne Hall

In total, I have spent about 2 weeks over the last 3 months at the delightful VSO training centre in Harborne, Birmingham. It has been training of an exceptional quality although you do leave wondering whether you have just been brainwashed and joined some kind of cult of supposedly 'like-minded' people. It led me to question whether I was, in fact, about to leave for Cambodia or whether the whole thing is some intricately planned conspiracy to force the do-gooders of this world to give up their jobs, homes and families with the promise of 'paying no money'. But then, I do occasionally over analyse and have been known to demonstrate tendencies of paranoia at times.

Let me explain... for the duration of each training course, the participants: eat at Harborne Hall with other VSO volunteers, drink at Harbourne Hall with other VSO volunteers, sleep at Harborne Hall with other VSO volunteers (we do get our own rooms!), train at Harborne Hall with other VSO volunteers, socialise at Harborne Hall with other VSO volunteers, spend free time at Harborne Hall with other VSO volunteers and do just about everything else at Harborne Hall with other VSO volunteers! Intense is just one word I could use to describe it!

The next and final part of my training in preparation for departing for Cambodia (that is if my conspiracy theory is proved wrong!) is hopefully going to be the most fun. Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) for riding a Motorcycle! Bring it on.....