Marchant's Hill: Wednesday
We are all having a great time here, although this morning the weather could be warmer!
Tuesday began with a variety of climbing, abseiling, hiking, fencing and other exciting activities which saw many of the children overcoming fears of heights and general misgivings about their own abilities.
Charlie K, we discovered, is our resident expert on fencing and was coaching alongside the instructor- a talent none us knew about. It was quite amusing to see some of the quieter members of the year challenge their partner to a duel by slapping their opponents helmeted face from side to side with a fencing glove- some got quite carried away, but all in good fun!
We saw a new side to Angelika on the trampoline playing aeroball and Charlie H has proved to be a real bouncing bean- he nearly bounced hinself into the goal!
Last night was spent singing and dancing to songs around the campfire, finishing off with toasted marshmallows and an interactive story.
After a short night's sleep the first night everyone, including the adults were all too glad to climb into their cosy beds on Tuesday while the rain hammered down overnight.
Today instead of the children waking up the adults- I'm sure some of them turned into tap dancing fairy elephants in the room above me on Tuesday night- we were waking up some very bleary eyed children!
This morning saw the end of the rain, although it is still very grey, and after another hearty breakfast (no one can complain about the choice or amount of food available here) the children have all headed off to their first activities of the day- today we have more hiking, problem solving- not maths problems set by Mrs Doran and Mr Pattrick as some of the children thought!- the giant swing, zip wire and archery.
That's all for now as there's a giant swing to be had if I'm quick!
Mrs Doran and the Super Star Team of Adults from Marchants Hill
