On the 27^th of March 2015 we decided to test run our first recording of ‘Against the flow’ with the paper boat ending. Naomi and Rachel listened to the rough first attempt whilst I walked the course with them acting out the place of each person within the piece the audience would encounter. I found the test run extremely insightful into how the piece would work not through the audio but whilst interacting with the site and how the sites conditions can change the performance completely. The Key problem we encountered was at the end of the piece, Firstly we needed a much bigger gap to walk from the central point to the end point as the audio was ahead of us and secondly When setting the paper boat free in the area we chose the boat floated into a collection of rubbish due to the wind direction and not out to water ruining the effective ending. The audio could be easily edited but the winds effect on the water is not something we can predict. I believe we may have to change the positioning of the ending in order to avoid the finishing of the piece being ruined.I also learnt from the experience that waiting for the participator to arrive at your allocated area will be substantially long and will require patience, You must stay in this natural performance state no matter how long you have to wait and be ready when the audience arrive to make your contribution to the piece as meaningful and important as all the others. I personally will be feeding the wildlife and trying to keep a steady flow of birds throughout the day as without been tempted we have the issue that there may well be no ducks, swans or birds to greet the audience member when they arrive.