5KH residential day 1
We are having a great first day of residential.
The journey worked well, whether by minibus or train.
We sorted ourselves out at the lodge, ate our lunch in the garden and headed off for the Ingleton Waterfall Walk. The weather was dry and reasonably warm. The children seemed to remember their geography lessons back at school: confidently recalling river-related vocabulary and basic geology. The walk was beautiful and dramatic.
At half way, we had an ice cream or lolly.
At the end of the walk, they had the chance to paddle and many got wetter than they expected. (Note to self: remember to tell the children to take off their socks before they put on their water shoes!) We had fish and chips at the end of the walk, with the fryers fired just for us!
This evening, half the group has gone caving with Mr Jackson whilst the other half have some recreation time followed by another map-reading lesson and a night walk.
The night walk went well having had a map-reading session beforehand. We followed a circular route, practising orientating our map aligned to observable features such as a prominent Roman road. Look what Henry found: a Farfield tradition!
The caving group on Monday evening were described by Mrs Hawkhead as one of the best groups she has ever caved with (and she has taken many groups every year, for many years). They were loud but daring and resilient.
