Another residential
My 2nd/third were uneventful, except that the 3rd/4th were at High Force, and I wholly recommend that place! They have an in the trees obstacle course! And the diffuse the bomb exercise was fun!

On the 4th residential, now talking yr10, proper grown ups stuff, we're talking into the caves near high force. Ooooh that's so much fun, especially crossing a crevice by pushing your body against one wall using your hands and knees. Except of course when one girl decided she didn't like how her hands were getting wet, and slipped into the crevice. Ruining that part of the trip for the rest of the people who hadn't gone over the crevice yet, as the teachers spent half an hour fishing her out of that thing.
Also, we built rafts, sailed them on the river, got thoroughly wet, and then of course had to change before we could travel back to camp. The girls had to change in the Land-Rover (which has windows) and the guys by the river. Well lets just say that the windows did their job nicely!

Shame I never went on any Residentials in school after that!
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Thu 7 Dec 2006, 15:38, Reply)