Thank You

Currently sat in the departure lounge in Antigua airport reflecting on the expedition and how much we have gone through to get here. Its been an unreal experience which we will never forget and wouldn't have been possible without help we received in the last 9 months.

We would like to thank Henny, Martin Ali, Nigel, Stuart and the rest of the staff at the school of Civil Engineering and Geoscience at Newcastle University for the help they have given us and believing in us from the very start. Their input in the development of the methods we were to use was invaluable. We would especially like to that Jon Mills for his generous contribution in funds towards the expedition.

From Tortola a huge thanks goes to Mike Adamson and his parents Ken and Xandra. Mike's knowledge of the local area and support from day 1 has been amazing, even though he had to put up with 4 clueless students. Ken and Xandra kindly let us stay at their house and fed us when we were there.Without them the trip wouldn't have gone as smoothly and we wouldn't have been able to see so much of the BVI.

On Anegada we would like to thank Doug, who owns Anegada beach club, for letting us stay there for the duration of our expedition and for resolving our transport problem. Thanks also goes to Jamie for booking us into the hotel and meeting us at the dock . A huge thanks goes to the other managers Vicki and Nigel, for taking us to Virgin Gorda and allowing us to experience some local happenings and Owen all be it a brief encounter you made our last few days very enjoyable. We would also like to acknowledge the bar and restaurant staff for everything they did for us during our stay.

Finally we'd like to thank the University Expedition committee and our sponsors: Plowmen Craven, Scopus, CICES, Loy Surveys, CECA and Leica . Without their contributions in funds and equipment the expedition wouldn't have gone ahead. 

One final thank you to everyone who has read our blog, unintentionally or otherwise we appreciate every view we have received.  We're going to try and spend the next 4 hours before our flight productively, and attempt to start some of the report. We'll keep the blog updated with our progress and hopefully share the final product in the not too distant future.