We have arrived safe and sound!
We kicked off the week with some fun team building exercises, for which we needed to use our communication and problem solving skills.
We had a lovely dinner of bangers and mash or mixed vegetable risotto followed by butterscotch pudding with mandarins.
After dinner, we went orienteering in the dark which was a bit scary at times, and very muddy but mostly lots of fun. We have enjoyed being in different groups and coming up with different group names.
Tonight we are settling into our rooms; making our own beds and making sure everything is neat and tidy.
Tomorrow we are looking forward to crate climbing! 
Written with the help of Naomi and Amy
Day Two
Today we were woken up early 🙁 although some of us were already awake!
First thing we did was have breakfast and make up our pack lunches.
We got ready for the day and went outside, we were surprised that was so cold and windy but luckily we had been told to wrap up warm.
We did crate climbing, which is when you are attached to a rope and harness, and with a partner you had to climb up as many crates as you could.
Mrs Paterson and Miss Davidson had a go because it looked like so much fun. When they fell off Mrs Paterson landed on her bum in a crate, it was very funny.
After lunch we put on our wellies and waterproofs, then headed to the river for some river dripping. We caught and identified water bugs and invertebrates.
It was really interesting! We found a huge Stonefly Larva, which was two years old.
During dinner we sang Happy Birthday to Amber and the chef (Fiona) very kindly made a special birthday cake.
We’ll check in again tomorrow after we’ve been up Kindrogan Hill.
Written with the help of Keeley and Cieran (who had brushed his teeth)
Day 3
Today we climbed a super massive hill called Kindrogan hill. We learned new things, and were told a story about the people who used to own Kindrogan House, it was a bit creepy. We all enjoyed listening to it though. We found interesting plants and evidence of places people might have lived. At the top we played a game called ‘camouflage’ and had our lunch.
On the way down we were told about the ‘drop spiders’ to stop them falling on us we had to be silent and creep through the woods. Then, we hit the BOG OF DOOM, which was an incredibly long and muddy mess. Some people lost their shoes in the mud and had to be helped out. Don’t worry we rescued all the shoes in the end (and the children).
In the afternoon we did a low ropes course, it was all about trusting your friends that they would not let you fall. There were nine different stages/challenges you had to go though to complete it. Everybody managed to do everything with a little help from their friends. We all set a target of how many times you could touch the floor.
At night we used torches to go out to set traps for small mammals such as mice and voles. We will check the traps in the morning to see if we have caught anything.
Written with help from Emily and Molly.
Day four
We started the day by going and opening our mammals traps. Five out of the seven groups caught something. It was very funny because Abi (one of the instructors) screamed when a vole ran up her arm, a mouse escaped too. 
Don’t worry we released them back into the wild.
We walked the Cataran trail towards Kirkmichael, the Catarans used to steal each other’s cattle so we had to be on the look out for raiders. When someone shouted raid we had to run back into our “clans” the last clan to get together lost 10 of their cattle. We saw loads of frogs and toads on the way, some of us even got to touch one.
We had lunch by a big pond, which rippled in the wind. We had a go at starting fires together, it was a lot trickier than it looked because it was damp and windy. Most of us managed a little fire that went out quickly.
When we got back to Kindrogan, we had cake! Then we split into two groups, one of them did the leap of faith and the other made environmental art. Then we swapped. While that happened it was snowing… so we were freezing.
We were all really proud of how well we did on the leap of faith.
After dinner we had a campfire, it wasn’t too long because it was cold but we had some popcorn cooked on the fire and sang songs.
Tomorrow morning we will be doing the Nightline, we will tell you all about it when we get home!
Looking forward to coming home tomorrow
Written by Harry Burr and Nathan.
Glad to hear all is well…looking forward to tomorrow’s update. Miss you already Jackson x mum, dad, Jessie, Brodie and Romach xxx
Hi everyone ☺
Wow what a day !!! Glad to hear you arrived safely & sounds a fab first day ☺
Sorry to embarrass you Emz but Tilly & co are missing you 😍☺
Look forward to hearing all your news tomorrow xxxx
Looks like you’s are all having a great time. Hope the weather stays nice for you guys. Remember and brush your teeth Cieran 😂😂😂 love mum and dad and lennon and Hiro and Alicia xxxxx
“Neat and tidy” …. nae luck Angus!! 🤣
Lottie stopped crying quite quickly and is being bribed with treats, so don’t worry about her Gus. Hope it’s Beast! Mum, dad and Toots 🍍🖊🍎🖊
Glad to hear you’ve all arrived safely. Sounds like much fun has been had already! Looking forward to your next update & more photos! Xx
Glad that you arrived safely. Your first supper sounded fine. Hope all the practice of making your own beds at altnacriche ment they were done quicker this year
Glad you’ve all arrived safe and sound 👍 Sounds like you’ve had a great first day. Tea sounded yummy😋 You’re all very brave doing that in the dark, bet it was fun tho. Hope you all have a good nights sleep and look forward to an update tomorrow. Xx
Glad to hear you’ve all arrived safe and sound. Hope you all get a good sleep tonight. Look forward to seeing the update tomorrow. The house is SO quiet without you Keeley xxx
Sounds wonderful and like great fun! Dinner of bangers and mash …. bet Seán loved that 😊 Enjoy your first night sleep! And exciting days at kindrogan! X
Glad you arrived safely and sounds like you’ve had a great first day 😀
So happy you all arrived safely! It looks and sound like you are having a great time. Also looks a bit chilly 😉.
Enjoy the rest of the week !
The Jonkers
Hi Emz,
Glad you arrived safe! I am so jealous of all the things you are doing, looks great fun – wish it was me!
Hope to see you soon, miss you x
Dawn, fraser and the girls x
Great to hear the update. Sounds like a busy day. Your tea sounded better than ours so your not missing anything here! Alex was wondering why we never picked you up! He keeps forgetting.
Have a good day tomorrow. X
Hey Naomi 😘
The house is very quiet without u!
So glad u all arrived safe and are having a great time so far 👍🏽 Hope u had a good sleep. Ok
Looking forward to hearing more 2day.
Missing your face babe 😘
Love Mum, Syd and Kane xxxxxxx
Emily, please please do not get injured this year. Big game on Saturday. Have a great time, sounds amazing.
Hi Molly,
So day 2 at Kindrogan! Hope you’re having fun.
Did your snoring keep your roomies awake last night?!
We are all “well Jell” and wish we could be there too.
Remember to be good, miss you lots – Dad, Sam, James, Mazey, Alfie & George xxx
Hi Aimee I’m sure you are having a great time. Hope you had a good nights sleep and enjoy your day crate climbing. I wish I was with you, it sounds like great fun. Enjoy the rest of the week. Hear all about it when you are home. See you soon. Grandma and Granddad.xx
Glad you all arrived safely, looks like your first day was lots of fun. Can’t wait to read the next blog!!
Taylor if you keep your room too tidy, Mum will be expecting you to do the same at home haha. Have fun the rest of your trip xx
Glad you have arrived safe and well! We hope you’ve all had another day filled with fun. Looking forward to hearing all about your adventures.
Love Mum, Dad and Rebecca xxx
Sounds like another fun day (apart from the getting up early bit 😴) you will all be ready for your beds tonight 😜 Jon says the house is very quiet without you, Miley and Lexi are enjoying sleeping in your room 😂🐶🐶😂 hope you have a fab day tomorrow, will hear from you all tomorrow, have a good nights sleep. Xx
Sounding like your having a great time so far Kayleigh. Really enjoying reading about what you’ve gotten up to. Hamish the hamster is fine. Dram had a wee play with her. Enjoy the next few day. Love from us all.
Glad everyone arrived safely. Sounds like you are all having fun. Lots of activities should hopefully be wearing you all out by bedtime 🤔.
Lovely to hear what you’ve been up too.
Have a great time Harry.
Love mum, dad and Libby xxx
Hi Seán
Bet you enjoyed the crate climbing! How high did you get your stack? Missing you! Hetty was sitting up in your room today on the windowsill looking out for you!
Have the best day tomorrow!
Mom, Dylan and Sinéad x
Great to hear that you are having such a good time! Hope that Cameron is managing to keep his bedroom tidy – a new skill for him! Enjoy the rest of your week. Mum, Dad and Andrew x
Hi Duogal,
Sounds like you are having a fab time. Where you the one who was up early ?
Mum x
Great to hear what you have been doing today, sounds like a lot of fun! Showed Abigail the photos and it brought back memories of her trip to Kindrogan . 👍
Looks like lots of fun. Can’t wait to hear all about it in person. Happy birthday to Amber. Hope you’ve had a lovely day xx
Soooo glad you are having so much fun 😘 Looks and sounds amazing!!! Missing ur face babe. Love reading about you fab wee holiday 😀 Xxx
Hey Emz
😂😂 loving the photos -you look like your having so much fun 😀
Another fun filled busy day – Happy birthday Amber 😘😍 hope your roomies are spoiling you tonight 😋
Lots of love xxxx
Great to hear what you’ve been up to again. Have fun tomorrow. X
Hi Sam
Brilliant action photo, looks like magic fun. Hope Mrs Paterson didn’t manage to climb more crates than you!
Enjoy the rest of the week,
Love Dad, Mum and Lucy x
Looks like you are all having a fab time. Poor Mrs Paterson landing in the crate 🙈.
Jimmy, we’re missing you 😘 The house is far too quiet with you away. Enjoy the rest of your week and I’ll see you when you arrive back off the coach x Love Mum xx
So glad you’ve remembered to brush your teeth 😂😂😂Crate climbing looks great fun might have to try that when you get home 😂😂😂😂. Looks like your all having a wonderful time which is brilliant. Can’t wait to see day 3 activities 👌👌. We are all missing you loads and love you heaps xxxx😚😚
Sounds like you all having great fun 🤗, bet time will just fly past there!
Hi Aimee, I’m exhausted just reading about all your activities, it all sounds brilliant. Hope your sleeping ok and not staying up chatting all night. We are all missing you the house is too quiet and tidy without you. See you soon.
Love Mum, Dad, Reece and Adam xxx
Hi Madeline!
Reading the blog each day, it looks like fun, hope you are enjoying yourself. Rebekah says” Fistbump, jellyfish, slap it, quack it, rip that jacket!” Louis slept at the bottom of the empty bed.
Love Mum, Dad, Eleanor and Rebekah. x
You have been busy, Aimee. What wonderful adventures, look forward to hearing all about it. I’m missing our chats (even though I complain that you talk too much). Can’t wait to see what you’ve been doing today. Keep having loads of fun. Gran xxx
Sounds like you all having great fun 🤗, bet time will just fly past there! Enjoy what is left of your week, lookjng forward to hearing all your news on Friday 🙈 x
Hey anisa, hope you are having lots of fun in kindrogan .the house is so quite without u . Hafsa
❤😘❤😘
Love all the pictures…can’t wait for you to come home and tell us all the stories. Xx mummy
Hi Harry,
Sounds like you are all having a great time, photos are cool!
Hope you are enjoying yourself and that you haven’t needed your earplugs at night!
The house is so quiet without you, tho Molly would say the peace is perfect!
Looking forward to seeing you on Friday and hearing all about your adventures,
Mum, Dad and Molly xxx
Hey Seán
Bet your walk felt strange without Hetty🐶
The creepy story about who owned Kindrogan sounds interesting cannot wait to hear it!
The activities look like great fun bet you loving them all!
So quiet without you here! Not long to go till you are home.
Mom, Dylan and Sinéad x
Wow you lot have been busy . We have been very organised in the mornings while you have been away Emily , we certainly know who’s the lazy morning person here !!! It’s you !!
Love mum
Sounds like another fun packed day 🤗 Hopefully you’ve cleaned your shoes and not left it for me to do when you come home. I take it you won’t be checking the traps in the morning Taylor 😱 It’s great seeing the photos of you, looks so much fun, have a nice sleep tonight and enjoy whatever tomorrow brings. (Apart from what’s in the traps 🙈)xx
Hi Emz
Sounds like another amazing adventure filled fun day !!!
I can imagine your shoes getting stuck in the mud 😂😂
We are all missing you esp Ruby & Tilly 😘 Enjoy tomorrow , can’t wait to hear what you have planned .
Lots of love Mum , Steve , Ruby , Charlie , Jj & Tilly 😘😘xxx
Hi Millie
Sounds like your having a great time. Think Robbie wishes he was there he keeps asking what you have been up to and trying to predict what you will be doing next and he wonders if you have seen Harry, Larry & Barry yet 😂
Enjoy the rest of your stay and looking forward to hearing all about it when you get back.
Love Mum, Dad, Robbie, Ziggy &Alfie 🐽🐽xx
Hi Molly,
The house is very quiet without you 😘 miss you lots. Looks like your having a great time have fun see you soon Love
Mum xxxxx
Hi Ashleigh
We can’t wait each night to see all the news and photos ! It looks like so much fun and that you are all having a great time. I am sure that you enjoyed going through the mud (instead of around…). Can’t believe how the time has flown by. We miss you and hope that you enjoy the last couple of days.
Love
Mum, Dad, Abigail and Abea xx
It looks like you’re all having a great time and being kept very busy. We can’t wait to see Day 4’s activities. I wonder how many mice you’ll catch! Rebecca is missing you! We’re looking forward to seeing you on Friday.
Love Mummy, Daddy and Rebecca xxx
Hey Naomi,
Sounds so much fun!!! I hope u managed to avoid the Dreaded Drop spiders!!! 🙈😱😱 sound horrendous 😂✋🏽 So glad ur having such a fab time and I hope you have loads of interesting bugs to investigate 2moro 👍🏽
Love u lots and even Syd is missing u 😍
See you 2moro and enjoy ur last few days 😘
Mum & Syd xxxx
Hey Gus!
….are you even there? You’re doing a good job of hiding from the camera!!!
Bet lastnight was frigtnight after all the stories!!! 👻👻👻
Luca turned 3 yesterday – but we just sang Happy Birthday to him and we can make a fuss of him when you get back seeing as you always seem to miss birthdays when you’re away!!
Won’t embarrass you – but just think of jelly tots…. M&D, Lottie and animoos! 🍍🍎🍎🖊