Sciennes P7 Lagganlia 2012

Another brilliant day at Lagganlia. Where did the week go? I can't believe we go home tomorrow.

I was up the hill with group 6 and we had a great day. Sam, Alex H, Fredi and Ahmed were entertaining me as we climbed though steep woods with all sorts of chat including what if dilemmas. Sam was making me feel hungry with his chat about all the lovely dishes available at 'Spoon'.

We learnt so much about wildlife from Kevin, described by his group as, 'the best instructor in the world'. Did you know for example, that several rare species live in the woods near
Lagganlia including: pine martins, capercaillie and wild cats.

The view from the top was breath taking and I loved lying on the heather looking at the view.

On the way down the hill we learnt lots about the different mosses and
Olivia, Charlotte and Eilidh made beautiful moss collections.

We had a great time!!!

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

A bunch of photos

Aidan and Roddy getting wet

A fantastic day on Loch Morlich

What a beautiful day! The sun shone, it was warmish and there was not a breath of wind. Three groups went to Loch Morlich to go canoeing and we had a fantastic time. I was with group 8 and had an absolutely brilliant time. We began by practising some strokes with our paddles before heading over the loch. We then played a game where we had to get as many plastic balls floating in the loch into our canoes; Catherine and Eimear won the first round and Jake, Kjartan and Rory the second. We then canoed through some reeds before heading for the mouth of a river. Bea was determined that we would canoe through the rapids and was urging me on so that we could be first. Later on, back in the lodge, we had a race and Bea and I won! We narrowly pipped Maeve and Freya at the post. Then we played fruit salad, where people had to swap boats. Casey nearly fell in at that point but she made a great recovery.

They were all determined to jump in to the loch at the end and seemed to think it was really important that I did too. All of the group ran in and I did take a big wade into the freezing cold water but wasn't keen to swim in it.

We were soon joined by group 3 and group 9 and there was suddenly a mass of Sciennes pupils frolicking in the water.

It was just the most perfect day ever.

Ms French