Good morning from the Eagle's Nest. The students have just eaten a hearty breakfast of cereals, croissants, bacon, eggy bread and tomatoes in preparation for their first day out in the field. Our morning activities will include setting up the weather station, tuition about the pilot study that we will carry out this morning followed by a one hour walk up the mountain to complete a mapping exercise of the flood catchment area. It's very cold here and we are expecting temperatures of -7 celsius because of the wind...at least it's not raining, yet!