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P6 (Group 1) Stronord Challenges

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On Monday 14th November the first group of P6 boys and girls travelled through to Stornord Outdoor Centre(Kirroughtree) for two days of Outdoor Learning activities.

(Click here to view Outdoor Education Video Clips of our visit)

After settling in and getting equipment sorted out, Mr Tyson led the group on a hillwalk to Darnaw. This is a hill near Clatteringshaws Loch which is 472 metres high. There are not many paths and the ground was rough and difficult to walk over which added to the challenge. As we climbed higher we reached the low cloud and then had to find our way in the mist.

One of our targets was to find the Dragonfly Memorial. This is a cairn built near the site of a plane crash (the plane was called the Dragonfly) in 1937 when all four men on board were sadly killed. After finding the memorial we then headed  in to the wind and rain to reach the top of the hill.

It was great to be able to walk downhill again and rest our feet in the buses! After dinner Mrs Graham joined our group and we headed off into the dark woods to look for evidence of the old lead mines. We found the entrance to a mine shaft and then walked the Lade which is a water channel dug out by miners to bring water from a loch all the way round the hill to the mine. On the way back we turned off all our torches to try out our night vision. Although it was cloudy the moonlight from a Supermoon meant we could see quite well.

Tuesday was a chance to try out mountain bike and orienteering skills in the woods. Thank you very much Ed, Mike, Alex and Robbie from Outdoor Education for helping us with the activities. Mrs Hiddleston also came over on Tuesday to help out – thank you.

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