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14 TriPs and visiTs Phil Mortera 7N On the 3rd of May 2015 we arrived in school leaving our bags and luggage in d1 s2 or s4. everyone was very enthusiastic as they kept on chatting about what it might be like at the residential centre. at around 900 our form tutor Mr shield led us to s4 where we waited patiently for the bus to arrive. after what seemed like an age the coaches arrived at the school gates. excitedly we grabbed our luggage and rushed through the door while the teachers told us to slow down or Behave yourselves when you are there. after we had put our luggage on the coach and settled down in our seats we began our journey to whitemoor Lakes. as soon as we arrived we were all jumpy and eager to get off the bus. One by one Miss abraham dismissed us off the bus to get our luggage and go into the Main Hall. The main lobby we passed through was bigger than i expected it to be and there were two table tennis tables a snooker table and an air hockey table it also contained the main reception where you could go if you had any queries. we sat down on the oor in the Main Hall and settled ourselves down for a warm welcome from the instructors. after a tour around the centre and a few brief safety rules we were finally shown to our dorms. some people had five bedroom dorms and some had four bedroom dorms. each dormitory had a toilet and shelves to store our clothes towels and personal belongings. we began to unpack our things and make our own beds. The instructors told us that the first one to make the bed got that bed and i was the first to finish after thirty minutes of settling down into our rooms we headed to the dining hall to eat our packed lunches. Bustling with joy we were ready to start There were nine activities in the residential trip raft building canoeing fencing archery camp fire high ropes rock climbing abseiling and zip line. in raft building we made a simple raft and the objective was to go on to the lake and not sink However as we left shore someone and he will remain anonymous shook the raft and we all fell off leaving us with wet clothes to dry as well as getting wet in raft building canoeing was no different we had to do forfeits every time we scored points in a game. The more points that the team scored the harder the forfeits were. One of them was to run into the lake resulting in more wet clothes although the students participated in the activities Mr shield didnt do any of the activities complaining that the helmets wouldnt fit him and even with encouragement we still couldnt persuade Mr shield to join us in our group. during our free time in the afternoon we either played pool in the lobby or hung about in our dorms. at ten o clock we had to settle ourselves into bed although before we went to sleep there were scary ghost stories and i even heard rumours of a party On the last night of our stay the instructors and Mr Mohsin kindly put on a football tournament. we nelson lost that tournament but came quite close to winning the whole thing. On the last day of our stay we had a whole group tournament of games. There was also a rewards ceremony where the best the enthusiastic and the most determined were given credit and a certificate. after the awards ceremony we packed our luggage said our goodbyes and expressed our thanks and set off back to school. in my own opinion the whitemoor Lakes trip was absolutely fantastic and id like to thank all the staff Mr Mohsin and all the teachers that made this trip possible. whitemoor Lakes Tripwhitemoor Lakes Trip thirty minutes of settling down into our rooms we headed to the dining hall to eat our packed There were nine activities in the residential trip fire high ropes rock climbing abseiling and zip the objective was to go on to the lake and not sink However as we left shore someone and all fell off leaving us with wet clothes to dry as well as getting wet in raft building canoeing was