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Day two at Sayers Croft – Pitch Hill
I’m really proud of Year 4 today. Together, we walked up and down five miles of steep, beautiful and exceptionally hot English countryside with barely one word of complaint. We walked through fields of orchids, past (but obviously not into) charming rural pubs and carefully avoided three actually-not-all-that-bothered horses. We saw incredible views, experienced the dubious joys of weeing in bushes and got pretty hot and sweaty. When we got back, we had the perfect reward for our endeavours – a swim in the open air pool. To top it all off, there was ice-cream for pudding at dinner.
We’ve got a full day of activities tomorrow, and the children are now settling down to sleep.
Day one at Sayers Croft
Our first day was hot. Very hot. But also good fun.
We arrived a bit after ten, in time to make our beds and unpack. After a quick fire drill, it was time for a tasty lunch, then on with our first activities – shelter building and the woodland compass trail. From this, we learnt that most of year 4 are able to build woodland shelters capable of attacks by bears (or at the very least, Miss Perry dressed as a bear), but they may be in a little more difficulty in a rainstorm. The woodland compass trail was a really challenge, and I was really impressed with how quickly children got the hang of navigating the woods using a compass. After dinner, we had time for an early evening walk to look for wildlife (no bats spotted as yet, but there’s still time), and after a tiring day the children have settled down for a (mostly) quiet night’s sleep.
Tomorrow: we climb Pitch Hill.
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