Monday 10th December 2012

Today we left school at about 9 o’clock. We headed towards Stepps Primary before starting our long journey towards Oban.

James – “I’m sharing a room with Daniel, Kieran and Craig. Once we came in we had to make our beds. Mrs McIntyre had to get me out of the games room to make my bed. Then Mrs White came up and told me again, because I had escaped back down to the games room. Our group went into the sea! I was doing Gangnam style and I slipped!”

Jade – ” Hannah slept on my knee on the bus. It was about 3 hours to get to Kilbowie. We were told about our rooms. We’ve got the teachers’ room with the bathroom. The teachers are moaning because they don’t have bathrooms. Today our group were exploring about and then we went into the lake and went swimming. It was cold!”

Kieran – ”  Keith was our instructor today. We were jumping into the sea.It was really cold! We had to take our wellies off and pour the water out. After that we had to take off all our other equipment and put it in the drying room so we could wear it tomorrow! I’m looking forward to gorge walking.”

Hannah – “Our room is big and it is the best room, even better than the teachers’ rooms. We got soaked today because we all jumped into the water. I’m probably looking forward to the gorge walking the most.”

Anna – ” I was nervous and excited before getting on the bus. The bus ride was really exciting because we were all looking out for Kilbowie. When we arrived, it was nice to get off the bus and settle into our rooms. I’m sharing with Erin who I wanted to share with.  We had lunch and then we went to our first activity. We walked round until we reached the beach and we went in the water. It was freezing! Tomorrow we are going gorge walking and we are excited about it.”

Erin – ” I was really nervous at first because I didn’t know what to expect. Then we got on the bus and it was a really long journey. Eventually we reached Kilbowie. I was worried about who I would be sharing a room with. It turned out okay because I was with Anna. Scott is my group leader and he took us over the rocks to the beach then we jumped off the pier! It was freezing cold!”

Sarah M – “Today we were climbing across the rocks and once we got to the end, we threw rocks with our non-writing hand and then we walked back to the Kilbowie grounds. Then we jumped off the pier. I was cold like I was inside an iceberg! That was only after one jump! I hung my stuff up in the cloakroom to dry it for tomorrow’s activities. I can’t remember what we are doing. It might be canoeing or skiing.”

Zach – ” We were with Keith in group nine because we are the best! We went to the beach just by the centre and we did some exercises and then we got all our gear to go into the sea with. Then we went onto the pier and jumped in. The water was absolutely freezing. When we took our wellies off they were like swimming pools. It was a great first day! I’m looking forward to everything because it’s the best experience I’ve had in a while.”