We have set off!
Current ETA: 15:45
Wednesday 30th April
We are all packed up and have had our breakfast and our penultimate activity. Just one more activity and lunch then we'll be on our way.
It has genuinely flown by!
Tuesday 29th April
What a great evening activity!
By travelling around the site and interviewing a pirate, a chicken, a crocodile, a cowboy, a gorilla and a penguin, we managed to solve the mystery of the missing climbing equipment and have saved tomorrow's activity!
Now we have completed the penultimate room inspection, the children have gone to bed. We're hopeful of a night as good as last night!
Tuesday 29th April
Two more great activities and another filling lunch done.
The children are now preparing for raft building (a minor change of activity and day from that advertised at the meeting).
Apparently there are hippos in the lake. A few of the children tell me they have seen them...
Tuesday 29th April
The children slept amazingly! What a bunch of heroes!!
We've just finished a big breakfast and are getting ready to head off to our first activity of the day.
Monday 28th April
Apologies - the campfire post doesn't seem to have uploaded. Maybe there isn't very much signal in the woods.
After a great dinner, we went to the fire pit to sing some songs, hear some stories and toast some marshmallows.
We have done our first room inspection. We were very impressed with how tidy all of the rooms were and gave some bonus points for welcoming salutes, set-ups of teddies playing games and the most clearly fake, 'Oh you've just caught us reading. We love reading!'
Now they'll all fall pretty much instantly to sleep, I should imagine...
Monday 28th April
The children tackled this afternoon's activities with a great attitude and we have had some very complimentary comments about them from PGL staff.
Off to dinner soon. I'm still full from lunch!
Monday 28th April
We arrived safely, were let into our rooms and went straight to our first activity (Problem Solving for all of us).
The children are now in their rooms, making them spotless for the first room inspection.
Off to lunch soon!!
Monday 28th April
We're on the road.
Thank you all for getting to school so promptly and thank you again for your help getting the bags to the coach!
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