Braidhurst Higher Geography pupils spent a wild weekend in Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae.   Students attend a 3 day course with the Field Studies Council carrying out research in preparation for their higher coursework with their teacher Kirsty Logan.   Pupils studied soils, coastal transport and flood defences with experts from the centre, taking samples and measuring the physical landscape in order to study the underlying processes affecting the island.   Time was spent reviewing the research in the classroom, but it wasn’t all work.   Free time on the beach was spent exploring rock pools, making friends with seals and dolphin watching.   Staff at the centre were full of praise for the pupils’ hard working attitudes and helpful natures.   Even the weather can’t dampen Braidhurst spirits.