Woodlands - Tuesday 17th October

9:35pm - Woodlands Manor

All is quiet in the big manor house!  Everyone is really chuffed with the excellent day we've all had!  The children - actually all of us, should be very proud of our super efforts, hard work and achievements.  It's been fantastic! 

The children slept well last night and after a hearty breakfast of cereals and bacon/ veggie sausage buns, we regrouped with our activity leaders to plan for the day ahead.  Groups A and B went down, down, down underground to Porth Yr Ogof, a huge cave network, which was mega!  The mouth of the cave was massive and there was the river running through the centre of it.  We scrambled and squeezed through tight nooks in the rock and had a good few hours down there.  It was challenging, but really fun.  On site were Groups C and D and they embarked on a range of challenges, including tackling the HUGE climbing wall, the varied high ropes course through the treetops and the super zippy zip wire.  These were not easy, and it took courage, determination and support from others to climb up the wall or navigate the different sections on the high ropes.  Teamwork, again, was essential and children were encouraging and supportive of each other.   

We have a birthday in the house today; Sophie has had a great day.  We enjoyed celebrating with her and eating cake after our dinner of sausages, mash and veg.  Following this, we togged back up for an evening of photograph orienteering.  It was such fun zipping over the site finding clues and identifying these on the map. Take a look at some pictures of our evening event!

Tomorrow, we welcome Mrs Knighton to the house.  Groups A and B will be canoeing, and Groups C and D will be heading off underground for caving.

I can honestly say, the house is silent!  It really didn't take long for the children to settle down to sleep.  It really has been a great day and we are looking forward to what tomorrow has in store. 

Night night - over n out for now!