Our last full day at PGL! Another fantastic set of activities, meals, and entertainment for us all to have enjoyed.
We had bacon again for our hot option this morning, although there were a number of craftily constructed bacon sandwiches appearing. The Yellow team started off their day with the Giant Swing and the Challenge Course – lots of screams on both, all of which were happy (except for Mr George when he gave himself a friction burn)! The Yellow team then followed this up after lunch with the Trapeze, where everyone had a go at leaping for the trapeze, and Orienteering, which the group said was much more fun than any orienteering at other residentials because PGL was so much bigger to run around in!
The Blue and Green teams this morning tried their hand at Jacob’s Ladder and Survivor. All of the adults were very impressed at the teamwork the children showed in trying to boost each other up the notoriously tricky ladder (Mr George remembers one year when he got to the second rung)! One group particularly impressed by getting a team member all the way to the top of the ladder. In the afternoon, it was time for Climbing and Orienteering. Lots of people topped their personal challenges on the climbing wall, and some people who weren’t sure about getting off the ground made it right to the top (and rang a very loud bell very loudly)!
All in all, a very impressive day where everyone should be really proud of themselves.
This evening we had the choice between various pasta types and chicken pie. Our entertainment was a camp fire, where we learned some interesting songs and a very, very long story about a talking penguin and a magic pink brick (get your children to tell you about it tomorrow)! After all that, it was time for another round of nominations and some packing time before bed.
This will be our last blog post at PGL – tomorrow morning will be far too busy with packing and sorting bedding to update the blog. At the next available opportunity, Mr George will attempt to upload a slideshow of some of the choice iPad pictures from the week. For information about our return times, please check the final letter that was sent out last week. Any major changes to our return time will be reported to the office.
Mrs dos Santos and Mr George finally learned how to use the camera properly today – here are some choice pictures!
