The cooks will stir somewhere around 6:30 and after visiting the garderobe, will make their way to the kitchen and stir the embers of the fire into action, putting the two ceramic bread ovens in place to heat in preporation for baking the days bread.

Charlie will stir a little after 7, her second action being to check on Salazar.

By 7:45 the smell of baking bread will permeate the hall.
Charlie will say to anyone she meets that she would like to be out of here by 9am.
A breakfast of bread, cheese, honey and cold meats will be served from 8:15. 2 day ale of full ale is available for those who want anything to drink.
Charlie, having brought up her saddle and backpack from the room in the cellar she opted to use, will extract a can of Pepsi Max from her pack.

Rhiannon attended breakfast, had a small meal then went and prepared for the 9AM departure

Sarah, roused by the smell of baking bread, made her way downstairs to get breakfast; once she'd eaten, she gathered up and packed all of her things, and carried them out to the stable. There, she made sure that Edgar had been well treated, and gave him another small treat from the keep's stores. As she prepared for departure, she double checked her things, and also made sure to pack a few extra such treats -- apples, carrots, or the like -- into the saddlebags. By 9AM she was saddled and waiting in the courtyard to leave.

In terms of supplies at the keep, there is a very meager supply of old hay, probably all that hasn't yet been used from the previous summers harvest.
There is no fresh fruit. Carrots, may be a few, but again, these will all be old, from last years harvest. Most of what they have is in the form of dried or preserved food stuffs, things that will keep well, and can survive being transported quite some distance without rotting or decaying.
There is fresh grass outside the keep, probably several inches high, but certainly not suitable for cutting for hay yet.

And just to make life more interesting, the morning is cool, overcast, and it's drizzling.

Kenneth, Sarah, Alana, Natalie, Blake, and Cathal will have to assist all the non-riders in saddling their horses, as there are no convenient grooms or troopers to do it for them.
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Once all the horses are saddled and checked, and everyone has assembled, Charlie will mount Salazar.

Sgt Hocking will open the gates to let people out.

Charlie turns right out of the gate, taking the Northern Valley.

Looking around and seeing that no one else seemed keen to volunteer, Sarah eventually raised her hand.

"I'll go first," she said. Remembering the modifications Charlie had made to the Pattern for Shadow-Walking, Sarah attempted to summon the Pattern image with those same changes.

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With some effort and taking longer than expected Sarah can bring up the Pattern in the new form.
Charlie will watch whilst she does so.

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