Whitemoor Lakes

When we arrived at Whitemoor Lakes, we got shown around the centre. It was huge so it took us up to lunch when we had amazing fish and chips that everybody loved despite having to wait ages for it. We had spent a few minutes making our beds before lunch so we wouldn’t have to do it later. Everyone went back to their dorms to get ready for the next activities. We had canoeing so we had to put on clothes we didn’t mind getting wet. We practised on the canoes and then played a game. The instructors would throw a ball and we would have to row to it and pick it up to get the points but, there was a catch… we had to do a forfeit for the points. The points went up by five each time and the forfeits were harder the higher the points. The forfeits ended up being so intense that the only option was to run into the water as a forfeit. My lodge were rewarded with cake after the long day we’d had (plus it was Veer and Dominik’s birthday).

The next day we had 5 activities instead of just 1. We started with abseiling and the zip wire which everyone said was fun. I discovered my fear of heights… Problem solving was simple enough. We had to try and get our whole group to balance on a massive see-saw for 8 seconds. The solution was to lean to the side that was going up. We also had to get everyone onto a small platform, through a spiders web (don’t ask) and to get across a wall with poles and ropes. Next we had fencing and it took us a long time to get all the kit on. We had to wear helmets, padding, special jackets and a glove on your strong hand. Every time George (our instructor) shouted ‘engarde’ we would get into the engarde position and shout it back. It was really fun. Mr. Mohsin organised a small five-a-side football tournament for us.  It was really tiring… all we had left was the campfire. The campfire was one of the best parts of the trip. We sang funny songs, played silly games and drew our moon for the moon club (yet again, don’t ask).

The final day was sad. We started with raft building which ended up with our whole raft falling apart and us all falling off. We had archery which was great fun. The last activity was the hardest, most treacherous one of them all… team games. We played the craziest games and had lots of fun. Overall Whitemoor Lakes is the best trip I’ve had in yr7 so far…

 

Samuel Grego, 7A