Carlingford....oh wow.

                                         Wednesday, 14th September 2011
           Today's the day guys, the results are in.... I'm currently sitting in IT class, waiting..waiting.. for the results, why can't they just give them to us now ? However, Carlingford has taken my mind off the results thank God. All i can say is, what an experience. No words can truly describe how good it was , and you have to be there, to really know anything about it. The fact that i didn't want to leave pretty much tells you how much i liked it! I got up bright and early and 6 o' clock, i was so proud! We had to be at the esso garage at 6:45.. lovely. The fun was had the minute we left esso, til' the minute we arrived back to esso and 7 the following evening.
           We started off our Carlingford adventure with a lovely hike up a huge hill, which was NOT fun! We then got given army uniforms and laser guns and were separated into the blue or the red team, i was blue. We had a battle, like in the army, hiding behind trenches and repotring back to base , only difference was that we used laser guns.. oh and that nobody was killed! Everybody got so into it, which made it even better. It got competitive at times, but that was expected. Next we got divided into groups of ten, and we participated in various challenge courses, involving working together and laughing til' our sides hurt. Our instructor was John... what a man. He is my new idol.
            The night , we did the 'Night Line' which basically involved walking around in a forest in pitch black , with a blind-fold, and following a rope to get around. It was so much fun, and involed alot of stumbling over things, but laughs too.  When we arrived back to the centre, we endured in a 'Sing Song' with a boys school, who were staying in the centre. This was the first time this had happened in the history of our school, and everybody really enjoyed it. Some girls from our school even got up to belt out a tune, showing everyone their amazing voices, I was so jealous.. * sigh * .
           The next day, we went up to the cliffs to do abseiling and climbing, i was not looking forward to it as i am absolutely terrified of heights! Surprisingly i conquered my fears, along with the help of my friends and i was so glad i did it, as it's not often to get to climb a cliff or abseil down one! To end our stay at Carlingford, we took part in orienteering, which really took it out of us all and is partly the reason why i cannot feel my legs. We had to make our way around the mountains, walking up steep paths , walking through rivers etc. My group made our way through the course pretty quickly so we got to relax back at the centre for longer than the others. Working together, really makes things get done quicker, and i learned that the hard way.
           Im so grateful for this experience of a lifetime and I'm so glad our school brought us. I'm never going to the two days, and I hope I will return to Carlingford in the near future.



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