Flight was uneventful but what was nice was that as they got off other passengers complimented us on the children, so even if you sometimes despair that you will ever civilise them, you must have taught them something! We just managed to squeeze everyone into a single carriage of the link train and warned them to hold on. All did with the exception of Milly, but we had the last laugh as an unexpected swerve threw her off balance and she nearly landed on Ryan Bichard. I'm not sure who looked the more horrified. Luckily for them both I'd already grabbed her by the scruff of the neck!
Quad biking was first up for my group, Billy was eager to be first and dead set on being the speed king ... until he crashed at speed and nearly landed head first in a blackberry bush, luckily gravity won and he landed back in the seat! However, when the quad bike died during Charlie's go I told Billy that his dad would be getting the bill! Although the girls were a little apprehensive at first they soon grew in confidence and control, apart from Maddie who managed contact with two barriers and a set of tyres on her first solo circuit! We decided if we were ever passengers in a car driven by her we would make certain it came equipped with an ejector seat and parachute! Meanwhile Jarod's impressive familiarity with engines was demonstrated by a set of skid cornering, building up an impressive circular bank (photo to follow).
Most of the time before supper was devoted to the unfamiliar art of bedmaking, interestingly some of them didn't even know such technical words such as pillow case, we got asked for 'that thing that goes over a pillow', and then Harriet asked me for 'one of those things that covers the white thing' ie a duvet, I told her she had to spell it before I'd give her one so I got..do..duvex..duvey...duvez as she looked over my shoulder at Molly miming!
Kira G is Queen of bedmaking and managed to do her own and a couple of others in her dorm. Meanwhile Tia's answer to the duvet problem was to put it on the floor, crawl in completely, lose direction, fail to find her way out, then sit up with a passable imitation of a woman in a burka. Maddie meanwhile was crouched on the bars of the top bunk one minute and then hanging upside down to try to get the sheet on her matress.
Supper was a choice of chicken korma and rice, beefburger in a bun and beans or veggie burger and chips... did I say chips? Joe Stannard seems to like chips a lot! There was also chocolate mousse and I have discovered that Emma might be small butb she has some impressive skills like making two pots of mousse disappear in the time taken to blink. Freya is developing a new art, speed eating rather than speed dating, but it has to be admitted she's only at the beginner, so don't worry Mum and Dad, she was still the last one out of the dining hall in the whole of Kingswood tonight! Did I mention we were on last sitting? So it wasn't as bad as it sounds. Apparently she and Annabelle had been fencing and when I inquired whether they had apologised to each other after hitting each other, she vehemently denied that she would be so ladylike. Meanwhile George was acting like a gentleman and hung up jackets at the end of the session.
Obviously several children have a routine of changing into pyjamas after supperand had done so before realising that they were due for a fire drill and a night time activity. As a result, Molly and Imogen turned up for fire drill in bare feet. Luckily it's a warm evening.
And on that note I'll sign off bnecause I suspect it'll be a long evening!
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