johan was the last to receive his and the sight of them all lined up , each now holding their own rucksack , reminded me of the start of some awful school outing , the one where you were desperate for the loo before you even got on the bus for a two hour drive with no stops to some rain swept , second rate tourist attraction to spend a never ending day listening to some bored guide tell you things youd never remember while ticking off assignments that are mind numbing in their tediousness .