Peat Rigg 2024- Day 2

The day began with the children getting up bright and early after a fantastic night’s sleep and raring to go- well most of them as some of the children must have had Whitby’s Dracula sense of seeing light at 7am  

First stop- breakfast! A whole host of cereal plus a cooked breakfast with ample amounts of toast, they were fuelled for the day. We were then told what the morning activities and afternoon activities were. Some groups were doing the activities that they had not done, others were ready to get wet on the beck scramble.

A short ride into the countryside we arrived at our destination. The beck was the perfect wake up. Cold water, rocks to slide down- what more could we want? The children (and teachers) waded through the water, floated around and took a leap of faith into the water- the teachers as well. Mr Wilkinson’s coat filling up with water turned him into the Michelin Man! The laughter filled the woods and the sounds of cold, but extremely happy children, could be heard all the way in Whitby!

Later on for our evening meal we had a wonderful BBQ outside in the sunshine. Burgers, chicken and then ice cream with flakes for dessert. It was delicious and a perfect final evening meal.

The evening activities consisted of night line and team games. The teams worked incredibly well together to complete the team games, the night-line proved a challenge. There were rumblings of ninja squirrels in the trees and they made themselves known with a shower of pine cones and ‘squirrel wee’- it was definitely not Supersoakers provided to the teachers by Peat Rigg. Most of the children navigated the night-line with ease; others decided to walk into trees and fall down in tyres. I think we were all ‘tyred’ by this point

After the evening activities had finished, we got changed into our PJs and went for supper. Another hot chocolate and biscuit- yum! It was then time to head to our rooms  and await a room inspection.

The teachers came around for the room inspection and were extremely impressed with the cleanliness and how well packed they were- they never even found any secret sweet stashes. Although some were a little loud in their explanations of not actually having sweets which made us suspicious.

Room inspection complete, it was time to settle down for our final night at Peat Rigg. I’m sure it’ll be another quiet night…