Day 1:
On Monday morning we were up bright and early because we were meeting at 7 o'clock to get the bus. We left Celbridge at around 7:15 and we were all really excited! The journey took about 2 hours and we arrived in Carlingford at 9 o'clock. When we got off the bus the first thing we saw was the amazing view of the sea and the mountains. We then met two of the instructors and they brought us to where we would be staying. Carlingford is a beautiful town, there were bright coloured flowers everywhere, it was really peaceful and quiet and there were wonderful views everywhere you looked. At the centre we met more of the instructors decided who would be staying in what rooms and then we set off on our first activity of the day, kayaking! We were given wetsuits,helmets and buoyancy aids. The water was freezing cold at first but once we started paddling we forgot all about the cold water. Afterwards we changed out of our wetsuits and went back to the centre to have lunch. Later that day we played laser tag in the forest, it was a really long walk from the centre to the forest but it was worth it because the laser tag was so much fun! After dinner we went on a walk in the dark to the forest again. This time we did a trust activity where we were blindfolded and had to hold on to a rope to walk through the forest. The whole point of the game was that you had to trust the person in front of you. It was a really fun activity.
We were woken up early on Tuesday so we could fit as much as possible into our last day, we packed our bags and had breakfast really quickly and then did our first activity of the day, canoeing! It was really funny and a great team building exercise. We also stood under a waterfall for 'good luck' and jumped off a trampoline into the sea. After we had lunch we did team building activities, all of the activities were interesting but my favourite one was 'Communication Breakdown' where we were in a dark maze and had to find our way out as a team. We got on the bus at around 5 o'clock and made our way home, everyone was really tired on the journey home from all of the activities that we did. It was a great trip and I would love to go back again!
