A long time ago, a group of school friends set off on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition to the Isle of Rum. Although the girls all completed the trek, they had one little project to complete before it was all over and they could finally meet Prince Philip himself. Unfortunately, this was a time of transition in the girls lives. The month was April, and not long from then, the girls would soon be on their own adventures to universities all across the land. Before the expedition, each girl was assigned one little piece of a project to be joined together at the end. One month passed, then another, but still the pieces of the project were not united. As the days, months and years went by, it looked ever more likely that the project would never come to completion.
Many years passed (7 in fact!) until one girl, Gemma, decided 'Enough is enough!! If I want to meet Prince Philip before he has another bladder infection, I'll complete this darn project on my own!!'. So Gemma set to work. She scribbled and sketched, coloured and contemplated, until she produced a beautiful folio of pictures based on the Isle of Rum. Gemma wasn't happy with just a few sketches. She decided to transform these pictures into beautiful postcards and bookmarks, which visitors of the island could send home to remark on this scenic land on the west coast of Scotland.
In the end, Gemma finished her project all on her own. She finally completed her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award, and is now infamous for having one of the longest running project times of all the participants. Despite this, Gemma is very proud and pleased to have completed the award progamme and is very much looking forward to meeting the Duke himself ...bladder infection permitting.
