After 2 long days of travelling I was met from the train in at Edinburgh Waverly station by my parents along with Jim Duffy the Scottish Scout Council Cheif Executive, Kevin Mitchell and Peter Merkell both from the expedition.

The journey started with us being upgraded to first class for our flight from Kathmandu to Doha. I'd love to say that I made the most of my first experience of travelling in style instead we all made the most of the lay flat seats and caught up on much needed sleep caused by the early start and the celebration meal which the whole adventure peaks team had been on the night before with our sherpas.

Due to the chaotic security procedure in Kathmandu airport our flight was 1hour late for take off which meant that when we arrived in Doha we had to board our next flight straight away. we were not a fortunate this time haveing to stay in economy for the 5 hour flight to Heathrow. However the excellent entertainment system on Qatar airways made the flight bearable.

On arrival at Heathrow I had 1hr to wait for a friend to arrive off another flight from Kathmandu before heading to a local pub to watch the Champions leage final with 2 of the other Adventure Peaks expedion members who I had flown back with. Opposite the pub was the Kathmandu resteraunt!!!!

Next morning 3 of us with all of our baggage negotioated the underground at rush hour. Thankfully most of the commuters were patient. This left me with the final leg of a 5hour relaxing train journey back to where it all began 54days ago in Edinburgh.

My arrival home yesterday and carrie's expected arrival home tonight will allow us both to participate in our local Centenary camps. Centenary camps are being organised all over the Uk this weekend and it is expected the over halp a million scouts with participate nationally.

"Scouting is a million times bigger than it was at its first camp. The Centenary Camps are a fantastic opportunity for everybody in Scouting to join together and help celebrate 100 years of adventure, challenge and achievement. It’s really important that as many of the UK's half million membership as possible take part to help show that Scouting really is a diverse, forward thinking youth movement that young people really want to be a part of."

Peter Duncan, Chief Scout