As the minibus drove away we were left standing at the side of a road, with no idea what lay behind the tall misty mountains we started to walk.

It was the start of an adventure (until we stopped 100yrds later to tighten the straps of our bags) we walked and stopped and walked some more and stopped even more!. The hills in Scotland are energy destroying. As we walked on the scenes didn’t change much, pretty much all we could see was sheep and hills and clouds and sheep and hills and clouds.

OOOO Lunch!!! The mountain experience was so much we all felt so relieved when we got to the Loch (as the walk was tiring) even got to sleep in the clouds – so much fun!

Christian After a long morning of hot tea and rain we set off on an adventure to the peaks of Scotland with our rucksacks filled with underwear and socks along with tents, food and Trangias. We hiked to a loch which you could not see until you were 2 meters away. After surviving a long, wet and rainy night we set off after tea and a ‘mars bar’. It was all downhill on the last day and the sun came out. We even arrived at the minibus before the other team.

Oscar Horwood

Rachel manages to 'catch' a shuttle cock at end of her game in the most unusual manner. Getting it out again was just as hard as catching it with the racket

Weather

The West Highlands Windy higher western areas at first. Thundery showers.

How Windy? Southerly typically 25 to on higher western summits 30mph, or for a few hours after dawn perhaps 40mph.

How Wet? Showers, mainly afternoon when in places they may merge into an hour or two of heavy rain; risk thunder. Cloud on the hills?

Extensive morning, but summits increasingly clearing. Cloud extensive on higher areas in the morning. However, the base will rise, clearing summits widely by early afternoon, especially Lochaber, but cloud will form below 600m near rain.

Sunshine - Air clarity? Bursts of sunshine, mainly Lochaber in morning. Good visibility developing, although a haze and extensively foggy on higher slopes in morning. How Cold? 11

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Dinner Menu

Starter: Soup

Main: Cottage Pie

Sweetcorn

Cabbage

Served with Gravy

Dessert: Treacle Sponge with Jam

and Custard

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Views from a Movie

15th

August 2012 - Volume 1, Issue 4

Catch This!

The Adventures of Two Shoes with Patrols A & B Sailing was immense. HaHaHaHayley came to the rescue of two precious lives (Polly ‘George’ Parrot and Lewis after the Centerboard snapped off. The two boys were clining onto the boat for their lives, then HaHaHaHayley pulled them out of the water. The incident then led to the investment of Lewis. To finish the day the children and Jackie jumped into the water and Jackie was for ably persuaded to throw herself into the water. It was FUN!

Katie

Patrol C & D got sunshine, remember the big yellow thing in the sky? For their first part of their climbing, Geoff showed them the ropes literally & Nick helped them put on their harnesses & helmets. Daniel B was first to go up, he made it look easy, soon all the other Daniels followed suit! He'd bet Freya that she wouldn't make it to the top, with that thought & some gentle persuasion she made it to the top like a rock ninja! :) All of the patrol made it to the top with 3 sets of ropes through sun, wind, rain & thunder! Everyone at the end had a group hug awwww! :) Kayaking was as clear favourite over cycling with Patrol E, everyone enjoyed the fun and games on the water, including the antics such as standing up and paddling and the water fight. Cycling ‘highlights’ were the fastest downhill sections with the ‘lowlights’ of the steep climbing inclines in our very own tour de Scotland. In conclusion it was a pretty ‘Rad’, gnarly and super butty! After kayaking and cycling back on station we had a chance to do archery, where the arrow sliced through the top of the target!

Bravery award goes to William Ellington for the days efferts

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Now you See it, Now you don’t!

Scaling the Wall

Twas ‘Rad’

The Haggis has a lovely life, upon mountain, loch and moor. The mountain haggis (most common known) has two left legs long and two right short, allowing for the lucky Hag, to meet the female of their clan.

The haggis of the lower land lives among the rock by the deepest lochs. Using crow’s nests and old rabbit dens and feasts on fresh caught trout.

But did you know that this is not always so. For every seven years there is a change of metamorphic proportion. They shed their fur and feather’s; and this is called the malt. Their skin it is so irritated it caused them to scratch and rub, to claw away their coat. And now you know where we get the saying: “The seven year itch!”

The local folk of glen and moor all work to bring it in; the malted fur and feathers are gathered in just one single large net, Ay a gathering of a single malt! To make some Scottish drink.

Once they have been through the malt and changed their sex as well, they move from moor to mountain and the other way as well, too find a nest and lay their eggs and build a sheltered home. You may have seen a pile of stones of three feet tall or more! To some it may be a cairn to other they cairn less, they know the secret hiding place of Haggi at their best.

An accident in the kitchen had lowered morale amongst the mugs

Don’t worry the Men in White Coats are coming!

The scouts pull their best ‘Usain Bolt’ impression while completing for their gold medals. Waiting to compete in Badminton can be a nerve racking experience we found!

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The hills are alive with Haggis Mug shot of the day.

BAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Going for Gold!