Day 1 –After we all knew where our rooms where we got put into two groups and everyone walked down to the beach for our first active of many. To wake us all up we went into the ice cold Irish Sea. We put on out swimming togs, wetsuits, helmets and life jackets and then group B (the group I was in) got into kayaks to do kayaking. There was me and two of my friends in one kayak and I must say it was a team building activity because if one person stopped rowing we ending up going in circles. After a few minutes of hard work and non-stop rowing the kayak finally made it to a little beach across from where we started. On the beach we played games, and then headed back to have showers and have lunch. After lunch group B met in the laser lane to go to the forest to do laser tag. This was by far the best thing we did. The instructors didn’t lie when they said it wasn’t that long a walk but it was mostly uphill so wouldn’t be easy to walk. It was well worth the horrible walk though, it was so much fun and I think everybody enjoyed it. We played a few games of it and it was team blue verses team red. I was Team Red and we got an inspirational quote before each game to help us win and they will forever be in my head. 'You miss 100% of the shots you don't take’, ‘Aim for the moon because even if you miss you'll land among the stars' and ' it’s not what can the red team can do for you it’s what can you do for the red team'. When all the games were finished we hiked back down to the centre for dinner, which we all were in need of after all the walking and running around. When it was dark we went back up to the mountain again for nightline to the same place but an easier way but it felt like a much longer walk. In the place where we did laser tag there was a rope tied to the trees and with blindfolds on we held the rope and the person in front. It may not sound scary but walking around a very uneven area with a blindfold on, only depending on the person in front of you and the instructors saying stuff in your ears unexpectedly was very scary. Once we reached to start again we took off our blindfolds and all became very great full of our sight and then walked back to the centre for the rest of the night.
Day2 – To make the most of our last day we dragged ourselves out of bed and went to breakfast running on very little sleep. Even though the day before had been full of actives and we were all so tired we still managed to fill ourselves with so much sugar that we could stay awake for most of the night. After breakfast it was back down to the beach and team B did canoeing. This was most defiantly a team building exercise. There were three boats tied together and 10 people and an instructor trying to make our way to a different beach then the day before so we could go to the fountain of youth. Once we reached the beach we went into the cave to put our heads under the water fall to supposedly gain an extra day to our lives. I didn’t put my head under but the splashes that came of it that hit me told me the water wasn’t like the water in a kettle after it has been boiled, it was ice cold and I don’t think anybody really enjoyed it. After that we went back for lunch then we went for another walk that was at least five times longer to the challenge course. I say if we weren’t all so tired we might have enjoyed this lot more. It was fun and was really funny attempting to figure out how to do the thing when we were all half asleep. After the challenge course we went back to the centre and packed up the bus and then we all went home.
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