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What a way to unwind after a long year. We canoed out to Peal Island with the teachers from Lindale and Marton School and had a BBQ after some fun and challenge along the way. Highlights of the afternoon / evening were jumping off the island into the lake and having a good swim about, stories over the BBQ with a small glass, then more fun as we swam under the boats and pretended attempted to float around the island. Lots of fun and the Lucie and the team went away with big smiles and ready for a well earned summer off.
Canoeing on Coniston with Sir John Barrow
Sir John Barrow School do a great job at running their own school residential course each year. Their staff are well experienced and some qualified to a level that they are happy to run some of the activities that the young people do when they are away with them.
This year we went along to help out with the canoeing day. John Kettle brought our set of Open Canoes over and paddled on the North end of Coniston water with the team.
River Study
Today we picked up all the year 5 & 6 from Lindale in Marton school and after an initial classroom session to teach them the basics and hand out wellies and waterproofs we headed up to the Walna Scar Road area nr Coniston and complete a full study of the river investigating how a river changes as it moves downstream. From sauce to mature river the team measured the width, depts, speed of flow, gradient, and the size of the rock in the bed of the rive. At the end of the day everyone went away with a real knowledge of what happens to a rive and a good vocabulary and understanding.
We look forwards to taking the team Abseiling and Gorge scrambling at the start of next term.
St Christopher’s LSP
Based at Great Tower Scout Camp on Windermere 48 pupils from St Christopher’s School spent eight days and seven nights exploring the Lake District. Walking up mountains, crawling underneath them, scrambling up ghylls, climbing up the rock, abseiling down, paddling on the lake and all whilst building personal confidence and teamwork skills…. So much to fit in! They had some great adventures and went home with many stories to tell!
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Flookburgh Primary
Based at Low Gillerthwaite the group of twenty two young people spent four days exploring, team building and having fun! Haycock, Red Pike and High Stile we some of the fells they found themselves at the top of… not to mention a day spent completing team building initiatives and an evening spent night swimming and wading up the river.
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Barrow Island Climbing Day
Twenty five young people from Barrow Island spent the morning or afternoon climbing in the south lakes as part of their residential based at Fisher Ground Campsite. Real Adventure had a brilliant day out supporting the residential organised by Barrow Island Primary School.
Old Hutton Primary
Young people from Old Hutton Primary spent the first day of their residential finding their way to camp on a self led walk, followed by cooking on trangiers and setting up tents in the evening. Based at Low Gillerthwaite for the rest of the four days the 24 pupils went mountain walking, ghyll scrambling, canoeing, participated in team building initiatives and were supplied with lovely food by our chef Mark.
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Crosthwaite Primary
Picked up from school, students from Crosthwaite Primary were whisked away to the Holly How YHA at Coniston for a fantastic three days of real adventure. Ghyll scrambling, canoe sailing, mountain walking, abseiling and mountain scrambling were all on the menu for the Real Adventure residential enjoyed by twenty four pupils.
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LGRS Raft Build
A fabulous day was had out on Coniston Water with students from LGRS. Kat and Kevin spent a day providing kit and their technical know how to lead team raft building sessions for part of the school’s annual residential. The rafts we soooo good in fact… that they even made it all the way out to Peel Island!
Threlkeld C of E
Real Adventure supported Threlkeld Primary School’s annual residential by providing canoes and the talented John Kettle to run a day of paddling on Coniston water for 33 young people. The the sun was shining but it was very windy and to escape some of the blowy weather a river expedition was launched up Church Beck, with the challenge being to see just how far up the beck they could get!
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