Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Week 1- PGL Centre. Thursday fun and games



Thursday Week 1 at PGL


Another wonderful day on our NCS adventure. After breakfast we did our first activity of the day- survival. This was really interesting and taught everyone lots of basic survival techniques; How to make a fire; how to make shelter and how to filter water.
Bear Grylls bring it on!


Everyone took part in a group activity deciding what 2 things they would take if they were going on a desert island. The group came up with lots of good reasons why they chose their items.









Patrick and Gareth getting the hang of making a fire...










The next activity was for everyone to split into 3 groups and all make a shelter using some tarp, string and any bits of nature they could find... logs, stones and branches. The shelters were all really different and had some great features. Great work everyone














The girls feeling right at home in their camp that they have set up. Well done ladies!







Nicky doing some cleaning in her camp using branches as a brush. Very inventive!







This is the tent we decided we would like to stay in for the night. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to sleep in there to try it out








Learning how to filter water using leaves and an empty bottle made into a funnel. Very interesting...












The next activity was wall climbing. Everyone did really well. Patrick ended up hanging upside down at one point. Thank goodness for video cameras to record such funny moments!



























Our Lovely group photo with all the crew in it. Happy memories...






After lunch we did the tunnelling activity where we had to crawl through tunnels underground in the pitch back. Very scary! After that we did the assault course. The instructor told the group that they were the best group he had worked with in the 6 months he had been there he said that they demonstrated great team work and helped each other well. Very well done guys!

















Back to the rooms for a little chill out time after dinner. Gareth was enjoying Nickys special blanket!








After dinner the group did really well with their presentation to the other NCS teams. They told the other teams what their favourite things had been so far. Everyone did really well when standing up in front of everyone and made them laugh with the comical things they said and singing Shaggys 'it wasn't me' at the end when talking about the fire alarm going off each night!
After that, it was time to chill out around the camp fire.


Another few group shots...













Nicky and Adam found an ENORMOUS stick (virtually a tree!) to toast our marshmallows, it certainly caused a few laughs and the envy of other groups eying up our lovely marshmallows...















Patrick wasn't too sure about his sticky fingers!







Wow- what a stunningly beautiful evening chilling by the campfire









Fun and games when Patrick was chasing Adam with handfuls of grass to throw at him 
'GO PATRICK GO!!'











Disco time! Boy did the students bust some moves!










The girls with their new friend Peggy






Patrick with his amazing t-shirt!




 A great night had by all. Then at 1am....


Yet another late night fire alarm!





Fun times indeed

Claire xx

1 comment:

  1. Even Gaurav looks like he's having fun, though he would never admit it. Patrick - I wish you looked that happy at college and had as much fun there. It sounds like our gang was the best one there, and I'm so proud of them all. Remembering how shy some were when they started college, it's amazing to see their progress, especially Zoe xxxxxx

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