Day 4 at Lendrick Muir

Today we went to the Nightline. Nightline is where you get blindfolded and you have to go through an adventure course. You have to follow a rope round lots of trees and you have to go through a row of tyres.  It was a bit of a squeeze! You keep following the rope under logs and over some sticks. After that, you go under a bit of leather and from there you keep walking. The instructors were winding us up by saying that we were stepping in dog poop but it was just memory foam! From there you follow the rope to a massive tyre that has a net connected to it and you have to go through that. Then you follow the rope some more to a spider web that is made from bungee cords. Once you have completed it you can do it again without your blindfold and you can try to time yourself.

Today some groups also did the king swing. You need to get harnessed in and attached to a big metal pole. Your team needs to pull the rope to hoist you up until you say stop. Some of us were pulled right the way to the top. Then your instructor gives you the thumbs up and you pull a rope to release you and you start to swing. You go really fast and it gives you a big adrenaline rush which was great! We also tried a ‘try not to scream challenge’!  It was really scary but we loved it!

Today our class took part in Survival Games. There were rabbits, voles, foxes, deer, hedgehogs, squirrels and badgers. The rabbits, voles, hedgehogs, deer and squirrels weren’t predators but the other animals were. All the animals had to get food and water and had to avoid being eaten by the predators. To make things even harder, the instructors played the role of death and disease, roadkill and hunters.

Some groups took part in the pizza box challenge.  You had to climb a tower one at a time until you reached a platform, then the next team member climbed up until four of you could balance on the platform.  It is called the pizza box challenge because the platform really is the size of a pizza box!

The purple and green groups did the adventure park today which was really fun!  There were lots of obstacles including a big slide, underground tunnels and bridges.  One of our challenges included carrying a cup of water without spilling it the whole way round and making it all the way holding a rope, one person at a time.  We also did foot golf which was fun but really tricky.  We did some dribbling races between shots which was great.

The silver and black group did bushcraft today.  We had to collect wood, make a fire, make bread dough and then we cooked it on our fires.  The smoke got into our eyes and we stink!  However, our bread was delicious!  Some people chose to make sweet bread and some made savoury.  The sweet bread was voted the best!

Today some more of our groups went to do Bushcraft. We went through the forest to collect twigs and then we went back to where we were building our fire. One of the instructors called Fin dug holes for us to build our fires in. Once we had built our fires we made our bread and baked it. It was yummy!

We got to go on the inflatables today. One was called bungee run, it was where you had the bean bag and you had to try and run as far as you could with it without getting pulled back. It was exciting. The other inflatable was called cannonball, we think. You had to try and knock each other off that one.

Some groups did archery today. We had to get the bows and then do the firing line stance. We pulled the bow back to our cheek and then let go. We had to try and get as many points as possible with our arrows, but a lot went in the grass. We realised that you need to pull back quickly and release quickly to get lots of power. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time for the pizza game today.

We had a bike ride through the forest and over an obstacle course. We had to brake hard near the stream so that we didn’t go into the water. There was a twisty and turny bit so you had to be good at turning to get past and then there was a hill that went straight down so that you could get lots of speed.

We also went to the adventure park. There was a game where you had to pass the tennis ball along to get to the slide. The person who didn’t have the tennis ball was the only one who could move. There was also a game with someone in the middle of the circle and they were counting down and you had to go hide. They would count down for one minute and then you had to get into the circle without the person seeing you.

Another activity today was called Pizza Box. It was a huge tall pole and we had to climb up it, four of us in one of the groups managed to get to the top. You could stand on the ledge or sit on it. If you fell off you got to dangle in the air.

At the nightline we had to have blindfolds on and we played some games to get used to the blindfolds on. We went on an actual walk and we got to do an obstacle course. We had to go through the giants mouth and we couldn’t see what we were doing, all we had was a rope to hold on to.

For dinner tonight there was sweet and sour pork, chicken korma and a vegetarian sweet potato and bean chilli. They were yummy.

After dinner we went bowling and people got one round. If you got a strike you only went once. It was really fun and we got to have our slushies.

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Day 2 has been very busy for us all and we have taken part in lots of different activities. Below are just some of the things that we have enjoyed today.

Some of the groups went to Bushcraft where we had to build fires with cotton wool, vaseline and sticks. We had to use the strikers to get a spark. Then we made bread over our fires. We used flour, water, sugar and cinnamon, some of us even added chilli.  We recommend keeping an eye on your bread when you are doing this or it might get burnt, some of ours did. After we cooked our bread we played a game of camouflage. Camouflage was when we had to go and hide in the forest. Every time they did a countdown we had to go and touch the person’s shoulder and then hide. Each time we had to hide we got less time to do it. If someone saw you, you were out.

The light blue, green, purple and black groups went to the King Swing. We got pulled up on the swing by the other members of the team. We got to go as high as we wanted to, then we pulled the rope and we went flying. The King Swing made some of us feel like a bird. It was great. The best day ever because on the King Swing we got to go higher and higher off the ground. When we pulled the rope and we got to go WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

The red, orange and purple groups went to archery today. We had to play a game called pizza on the target. Depending on what colour you got it decided what type of topping you could have. If your arrow ended up in the grass you got salad. A bullseye would get you cheese. Lots of bullseyes got you a cheese pizza.

For lunch we had the option of rolls with ham, cheese, tuna or salad. We also had juice or water, fruit and crisps.

The green, purple and silver groups did an activity called the nightline. You had to do everything blindfolded, but we can’t reveal too much about it as some people have still to do it. Some of the challenges were really hard and we’ll tell you more when we get home on Friday.

The green, orange, light blue and red groups did the trail bikes too today. We went with Kat to the skills course first and then we went through the forest.

Tonight we are going to be doing a Murder Mystery, before our movie and bed.

We will be in touch tomorrow to tell you more about our adventures.