Moonwalk-2

Up, shower and off back to the Inverleith Park stopping off at a local Morrison's store to get the makings for breakfast and lunches, and sufficient tea, coffee and milk for many brews.  Through the security check and into the park which was already a hive of activity, forklifts were shifting stacks of flooring, safety barriers and cases of electric cable, and we were trying to negotiate some extra decking sheets for us to run the ambulances onto to clear the roadway and avoid us trashing the wet ground.  There had been some particularly heavy showers saturating the grass and although the ambulances were FWD we didn't want to churn up the ground around the medical tent.  Mark and I left Paul sorting the decking sheet arrangements and got to work rigging the screening, tables, chairs, casualty treatment beds and camp beds for the lame and weary.  Once the tables were in place in the resus and treatment bays we were able to set out the chests of drawers containing cleaning and antiseptic wipes, bandages and blister dressings and all the paraphernalia required to treat anything from a sore knee to  a full blown cardiac arrest.

One of the treatment bays

By Friday evening the majority of the work was done, all that remained to be done was to rig up a control area, set out the camp beds and blankets and allot sets of equipment to the four extra vehicles hired for the duration of the event.  With the medical tent secured and security aware that some expensive equipment was stowed in there we headed back to the Travel lodge.  Both of us were tired and hungry so a meal of burger, chips and salad washed down with a couple of glasses of red saw us done for the day.
Saturday, and the long day (and night) starts.  Up and shower, this time we pack and vacate the room.  This time on our way to the park we stop at a little Italian store where the proprietor dispenses superb freshly brewed coffee, 'fix' sorted we were back into the Moonwalk Base  and getting to grips with the last bits and pieces needed to complete the medical base.  Much of Mark's day was taken up with organising the medical control area, partnering up the various bods who would be working 'in the field', allotting them vehicles and assigning sections of the walk route to be covered.  Final checks of the medical base, ambulances and hire vehicles (4 x brand new Merc Viano!!) Cool!  I got to drive the black one, with its tinted windows it looked like a hearse!!  Ideal for picking up casualties!
A couple more pics then bed, it's an early start tomorrow, FW first, then a long drive to Eastridge, Deepest Englandshire to help cover a Gravity Enduro event.  More of that later.

Space for the knackered and sore of feet!

Smiley (for a short while) Mark , on duty at the med control coffee shop.