When we arrived today the team took us for a tour of the campsite and then we did a quiz all about the campsite and the things here. We then got to have lunch, which was very tasty. We got a choice of tuna, ham, cheese or egg mayo as well as salad. After lunch we did team challenges and got to launch rockets.

For the team challenges we did the Forbidden Tree, where we had to use two ropes to rescue a duck from a tree. The duck had to be carried back. Only one group managed to do it successfully. Another challenge was the Golf Ball Run. We had to get the golf ball from one cone to the other one using pieces of guttering. Most teams were successful at this one. Another challenge saw us trying to balance the basketball along some ropes. We were only allowed to use sticks to balance the rope. This challenge was really tricky.

We had to do well at the challenges to get points for the rocket launch. We could get the points for good team work, completing the challenge, communicating well, co-operating, companionship, leadership, showing stamina and perseverance. The team with the most points at the end got an advantage at the next challenge. They got to go a few steps ahead of everyone else for launching the rocket and they got to pick their bottle first for the launch. The winning team were the red team.

After team challenges we got to find out where our rooms were and we had the challenge of making our bed. 50% of us are master bed makers. The other 50% may need some encouragement and practise.

After we got our bedrooms ready we had dinner. There was a choice of sausage rolls, chicken goujons or falafel burgers. They were served with chips, salad or beans. Desert was ice-cream.

After dinner we had our camp fire. We sang songs, told riddles and jokes, played Simon Says and then had marshmallows. They were good, although most of us burnt them on the campfire.

We got to settle down to watch our movie before bed. We will back tomorrow night to tell you all about day 2. Good night from Lendrick Muir.