Thursday 25 September 2014

Carlingford!

Last week we went to Carlingford as a sort of bonding trip. We went to Esso at 7 o'clock that morning because of the fact that we had an activity to do when we got there. The bus went by pretty fast and everyone was really excited! When we got there we went straight to the center and picked our rooms. Luckily there was 8 of me and my friends and there was 2 or 3 rooms of 8 so we all got to be in the same room! 
  Our first activity was canoeing. We walked to the changing rooms and before we could get into the wet suits we had to play a game. It was so pointless but it was good fun! It was called knights, kings and queens. After we played we got given our wet suits and got changed and put our helmets and life coats on. There was 4 people per boat, and 3 canoes were tied together so there was 12 of us rowing together! At first it was fun but after a while my arms got sore so I wasn't bothered trying anymore, but Dave scared me so sure I had to keep on going!
  We saw 3 or 4 jellyfish on the way over to the beach and I was so scared incase someone fell in and got stung! I was told they only had 1 or 2 accidents with jellyfish but that was enough to make me want to get out! We got to the beach and everything was grand. They told us this tale about getting water from a sacred waterfall and standing under it for 10 seconds and you get an extra day o your life!
  When we got back to the changing rooms we had quick showers and got changed again. We walked back tot he center and had lunch. Wasn't the best food I'd ever had but it was nice enough knowing how many people they had to feed! After we ate we went went to our rooms. We had time to get changed and stuff so I did then we had to meet in one of the rooms to go for our next activity. 
  Our next activity was challenges that we had to figure out how to do them ourselves. The first few were easy enough to figure out, but just getting everyone to do what they needed to do was the real challenge. They activity was really not set up for bonding because I'm pretty sure I hated more people after it than I did before it. The most challenging one had to be the maze. What we had to do was all be in a line on our hands and knees and find our way to the exit, and there was no light in the maze so it was dark, squishy and everyone was getting frustrated. We ended up not completing it and just followed arrows back out to the entrance. Only 4 people found their way out!
  We got our dinner when we went back, I didn't eat it thought, it was horrible! That evening we walked up the mountain and had a blind walk. We had our eyes covered and we had to rely on the person in front of you to tell you if there was a tree on a lump in the ground. I didn't really like that but the walk back was good. When we got back to the center we were allowed go get Chinese and I was so happy! The thought of getting food just made me smile! It took ages for the food to come out, but it was worth the wait when Shauna banged her head off the window! Has to be the highlight of the trip hahaha! 
  After we ate there was a disco upstairs and we went up and it was great fun! We went back to our rooms at about 11 and I fell asleep at half 11! I was so annoyed because I wanted to stay up all night! Disappointed to say the least! The next morning I did not want to get out of bed, but there was breakfast in the center so of course I was going to leave to go get food! It wasn't that nice but sure it did the job. We went for our first activity of the day which was kayaking. It was great fun being able to do it on your own with no one in the front annoying you! Yeah that's right Aoife Harte I'm talking about you, never ever again..
  We were able to go out to the trampoline in the middle of the sea when we got over to the beach and me and Emily front flipped off it! It was so fun but hurt so bad! We kayaked back over to the changing rooms and went back for lunch. After lunch we went to play laser tag. This I had been looking forward to the whole time! It was worth the wait as well, it was so fun! We got split up into 2 groups, depending on which color gun we picked. I was on the same team as most of my friends so I was pretty happy! We had to walk up the mountain again and this time it was worse because we were in combat clothes! I was absolutely dyinnnnn. 
  After the laser tag we walked back to the center and we got the bus home. Everyone was so tired so we all slept on the bus! It was such a good 2 days and everyone seemed to enjoy it! 

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