An awfully big adventure 1

with the look and feel of leather:

leathery

very or extremely, when used before an adjective or adverb:

awfully

to become stretched or to experience pressure, or to make something do or experience this:

strain

used after a negative statement to emphasize how unlikely a situation is because something much more likely has never happened:

let alone

excitement and happiness

exhilaration

a person who trains and is in charge of animals, especially dogs:

handler

to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or damaged:

jeopardize

friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors:

hospitable

very attractive, in a mysterious way, making you want to keep looking:

mesmerising

at the particular point when something was thought of or done:

at the time

very great in amount or level, or extremely good:

tremendous

used to emphasize that what happened was not what you expected:

in the event

a journey across a large area of water, from one side to the other:

crossing

(something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example of this:

hardship

a disease of the bowels that causes the contents to be passed out of the body much more often and in a more liquid form than usual. It is caused by an infection that is spread by dirty water or food.

dysentery

a drop below normal levels of water in the body:

dehydration

the ability to keep doing something difficult, unpleasant, or painful for a long time:

endurance

used to describe weather that is extremely cold, especially when it causes you physical pain:

biting