Day five in Wales

Group 1

Today we went mountain climbing. First, we learnt how to properly position our feet on rock. The instructor had to climb up the mountain face without a rope to put ours up. We had to rely on each other to hold each other up. When pulling the ropes you had to use the v, knee, 1, 2, 3. If you took your hands off the rope we would of fell.  This became a problem when it was uncle nicks turn, we had 4 people holding him when you only needed two. Then we went absailing down 40 meter mountain face but we had to hold onto our own rope, so we got to control our speed. At the end Ben and Fin a sailed down on one rope and the slipped everywhere. After Billy getting stuck and half of us almost plummeting to our deaths it turn out as a really fun day!

Harry A-W


Group 2

Our activity today was adventure. In the adventure day we got to do 3 things: walking through a pitch black tunnel, doing a short zip wire and walking through FREEZING cold waterfalls and rivers.
We took a fairly short trip in the mini bus to an isolated forest with fields in every direction as far as the eye could see. We were led, by Rich (our instructor), to a train track that seem to have just fallen into the trap of time, decayed and distant from the modern world. We were told to hold on to the person in front with our right hand and make sure we could touch the wall at all times with our left. After about 20 mins of singing to keep the spirits high; an explosion of daylight lit up the way ahead. We were then taken further into the forest where we went on a short zip wire that hung above a stream of rushing water. After eating lunch, we drove back down the way we came. With everyone kited up, we set off against the current of a nearby river. Within 5 minutes everyone was soaked from the knee down. The rock were so slippery that it took ages to get anywhere because we were all being so cautious. We proceeded to scramble up various waterfall and fountains. By the time we had finished every single one of us was shivering and drenched from head to toe. When the group got back to the mini bus Rich treated us all to a warm cup of juice. All in all it turned out to be an exremely wet and cold but enjoyable day.

Jake G


Group 3

Today we went mountain climbing. It was a fun packed day although it was a lot of effort to get to the top of the mountain it all paid of when we got there and saw the breathtaking view of South Wales, we could see everything for miles. We were 713 meters above sea level! It wasn't just the view at the top of the mountain that was beautiful, there were also some incredible sights on the way up. We had to climb up a gully. It was really hard to walk up as there was running water going down and there were loads of stones and slippery things, but with teamwork we all made it to the top safely. We walked around the top of the mountain, stopping at times to take in the scenery. All of a sudden, we heard thunder and there was hail stones, so we had to make our way back down the mountain. Although it was an exhausting day, the experience was unforgettable.


Mia and Cailin