Wednesday Update

The journey

Apart from having to squat over "French toilets"  ( which was an eventful experience to say the least!) the journey flew by for most of us with "plenty of quality sleep". We arrived on time with no hitches and arrived at 9 am on a sunny Spanish morning.

Day 1 (day of arrival)

As soon as we got here we met met our group leader, Kazza and our "groupies" Monty and Chloe who are all mental but lovely and they gave us a tour of the site. It's fantastic! We were treated to a luxurious breakfast, were allotted our tents and then we had to do a routine check that we could all swim with buoyancy aids- luckily we were all fine. We spent the rest of day having fun and playing games at the beach,  and then had our evening activity which consisted of dressing team members in scrap items and then getting messy in flour, water and yoghurt- oh dear!

Day 2 ( Tuesday )

After a considerable lie-in, everyone walked to Castells beach to take part in a day of canoeing and kayaking. The teachers made sure that we were all smothered in sun cream and drinking enough water for a camel! ( so no need to worry about sunstroke! ) Some of us got the chance to explore a cave and do some cliff jumping ( don't worry ; not too high ). We also did some races in the kayaks which brought out everyone's competitive side. When we got back in the evening we went for a quick dip and then had our evening activity- robot war! Then we went to the on-site disco- everyone had a wonderful time on the dance floor, especially when the Cha Cha Slide came on! After a fairly full-on evening we then all jumped into bed for a good night's sleep.

Day 3 (Wednesday)

A quick breakfast, then a quick coach journey to Playa De-oro for some banana-boating. No-one managed to stay on the whole time though, not even Mr Cox! We were all tossed into the sea a fair few times before we quickly dried off, jumped back onto the coach and drove off to Palamos beach, where we all had a nice spot of lunch before some sailing. We were in toppers and (almost) everyone picked it up very quickly. We only had one person fall in! We're now off to the disco again for some more partying, hope you're all enjoying the English weather, we're sure you're all lovely and tanned. We'll keep you updated, see you soon!

Anna, Ruth, Ellie and Martha