At first we didn’t really know what to expect, we didn’t know what our rooms would be like or if Dalguise would be big or small. When we saw the sign for Dalguise we were all cheering with excitement. It was much bigger that we thought it would be, at the front there stood a beautiful castle, we sat in front of it to have our lunch when we arrived. Soon it was time to go to our rooms, they were great, there were 3 sets of bunk beds and an en suite bathroom in each of the rooms. We didn’t really spend much time in them though.

There were many more activities than we expected, each group had the chance to try 8 activities. We were split into activity groups with people from our own school and people from other schools. This was a good opportunity to meet some of the people that might be in our classes when we move to Lornshill. Some of us already knew people from the other school from dancing and football. Our first 2 activities were abseiling and archery, then we had a go at wall climbing, orienteering, the zip wire and the challenge course, this was our chance to get really muddy. On the Thursday night all of the people who were staying and Dalguise got together in the inflatable dome for a disco, we all had a great time and met many new friends. Before we came home on the Friday we completed 2 more activities, they were the giant swing and  raft building. Building the raft gave us the opportunity work together as a team so it was important that we listened to each others ideas and opinions.

We all enjoyed our time at Dalguise and wish that we could do it all over again.