Day 1 at Ford Castle

Well, where do I begin…

We arrived at lunchtime and were amazed when we first saw our home for the week, a beautiful castle set in the countryside. The sun was splitting the skies and not a cloud to be seen.

We split into our 4 dorms and bagsied our beds for the stay, I think Mr Turner drew the short straw there although Mrs Gardner had a few mishaps too!!!

After a picnic outdoors for lunch we set off in our 3 teams for the afternoon activities – zip wire, assault course and archery. Great fun was had and many fears conquered. We returned for dinner full of laughter and some of us looked rather muddy!! Sorry mums and dads!!

After dinner we had evening entertainment which was the Holy Grail challenge and then got hot chocolate to end the night.

Then we returned to our dorms for some chillaxing and more laughter!! Lights went out and after a while there was quiet in Castle Tower.

We are not looking forward to the 7am wakeup call!!!

More updates to follow tomorrow and photographs once we’ve sorted them all out.

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