After a wonderful night’s sleep Red group began the day with abseiling. Looking up the tree was as tall as a tower. Shout out to Katie who conquered her fear of heights and completed the challenge! We all had a awesome time.

Next we had an archery lesson. Faris, Charlie and Hugh all managed to hit the red and everyone else improved. Everyone had a good time.

As we zoomed down the zip wire, our toes brushed the leaves. We all got three goes which was fantastic, but the cage got stuck on my last go and I was dangling in the air for ages. Last of all we did the blind trail with goggles that you can’t see through. When we took them off, we managed to do the obstacle course that took about an hour with the goggles in about five minutes. – Ruaridh & Faris

Today at Barcaple, the blue group went to do a forest adventure in Screel Hill. After walking for a while, we all stopped off at a pond and looked at some newts. We also got touch them and learnt that they are amphibians who can live on land and in water. One of the most important things we learnt was that smugglers used to use Heston island to smuggle in tea, coffee, alcohol, sugar and also tobacco. Robert Burns used to catch them while he was a tax man in the area. Later on in the day, we went to the challenge course which had a number of obstacles, such as climbing and scrambling nets, stepping stone challenge, using team work, tyre tunnel and much more. At the beginning, the team were not very good at using team work, but throughout the activity, we made a lot of progress. At the end, I learnt to always use my team as a helping hand, because there is no I in team.🌅🙋🏼 – Brooke

Today, the orange group went canoeing. For canoeing you were in a canoe with a partner; I was with Kate. I learnt that to turn you need both people on the same side paddling forward. The other way is one person paddles forward on the one side, the other paddles on the other side backwards. At the end, if you wanted to, you could jump in the water. It was Baltic!

Later on, we went abseiling down a gigantic tree. We were attached on to a safety rope, as well as a ropes that we could use to control our speed. To do that you had to slide your hands down the rope, I found it helpful that I could control my own speed. After that, we did archery. Firstly, we learnt how to load the arrow. To do that, you took the arrow by the top and placed it on the arrow rest. Once we had done that, we fired the arrows. Then we played a couple of games, then sadly it was time to go. – Libby & Kate

Today, the yellow group went and started the challenge course. It was very challenging and fun. There was a lot of interesting and creative challenges, like the chicken coop, which was set in the dark and we had to Navigate our way through the place.We also carried a pipe, a bucket of water and an egg. We named it Eggburt. I found this challenge course very helpful for making me fit, challenging me and making me do things I never knew I could do. Next we went and did canoeing. It was very hard and exciting and fun and got easier as we go used to it. – Murray & Ara