Well Thursday has arrived and this afternoon the sun has finally returned, let's hope it stays out longer than this morning when the sight of Mr Pattrick's sunglasses frightened it back behind the clouds!
Yesterday ended with a great game of ambush in the woods- split into three groups, two went to hide and one had to find and ambush the others to earn points. How 21 children can hide so successfully in the centre of a hollybush without giving themselves away by talking I would never have believed if I hadn't been hiding with them. Very prickly underfoot it was too!
Thursday began with another epic breakfast- some of these children may well arrive home with great expectations of Saturday mornig's offerings! Following breakfast the groups set off for a variety of team games, giant swing, zip wire and a bit more quad biking.
The general consensus of opinion seems to be that Harpenden's roads should be very wary in 6 years time when this lot get their first licences as not many of them seem to be able to find the brakes... Consequently, there were quite a few crashes with the tyre barriers. Still, everyone lived to tell the tale and move onto another exciting afternoon's activties.
Challenge champions of the week so far must go to Scott, Charlie H and Angelika who would never have imagined three days ago that they could fly off the top of a 15 metre high tower dangling on a rope. Zip wire has definitely stretched some children to their limits, but their determination to succeed despite their fear of heights has on occasion brought a tear to the eye!
We do have the video and photo evidence to prove it so look out for some of these on open evening next week.
Everyone has been fantastic while we have been away- sporting and willing to have a go, considerate of other people's feelings and well behaved- a credit to Crabtree. I am sure that when you get them home tomorrow they will have many of their own anecdotes to share aswell as a suitcase of dirty washing!
I must say the biggest thank you of all to the adults without whom this trip really would not have been possible. a more game group of people could not have been asked for.
On that note I will end my final update from PGL.
See you all tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs Doran and the Marchant's Hill team
