Category: Places I have been

The countless shades of blue swirl together in a muddled mass across the sky.  The sun violently beats down its warm (and sometimes unwelcomed) rays of sunshine onto the ground. I look up to the sky only to be blinded by the bright, white ball of fire in the sky. As I rub my eyes, I think to myself, “what could I possibly do to stop my self-baking in the sun like a potato in an oven?”. Then with a little light bulb flashing above my head, I turn to the vast expanse of water beside me. Its foamy waves gently lapped on the golden sand. The braincells left in my head tell me Continue reading “The Beach”

 This month has felt like the hottest days of my life so far. Going to bed in a massive puddle of sweat is not exactly the most pleasant thing I have experienced and wish I don’t have to go through that again. But enough about the searing heat, you must be wondering about what I did to cope with the suns evil rays of incredibly high temperature. And before you say, no it was not sitting in a mountain of ice lollies and ice creams (though I do wish I could have done that). That sounds a bit silly. In fact, I did something that was actually quite sane (for once). I went…to the beach (let’s just assume you haven’t already read the title and that was a surprise). Continue reading “A trip to the sunny beach”

There on the tent wall was a massive (that might be a little bit of a hyperbole) spider, with it came a pearly, white, egg sack which it rolled along beneath its legs. After hushing the girls in the tent, I cautiously neared the spider. Only the problem was that the closer I got to it, the bigger it began to look; its details began to become more detailed. Its tiny, bead like eyes with its hairy appendages. It was only then that I realised that I had no idea whether or not it was poisonous (which I doubt it was, but the fear still remained) and the fact that I had no idea how I was going to pick it up. I did have a tissue in my hand but the thought of it squishing beneath my fingers, only a thin layer of paper separating me from its body. The thought made me shudder. Continue reading “My first camp part 2”

This weekend, my scout group decided to give me the opportunity to go on my first camp. Yes, I may have gone on my trip to Treco, but this was much different. There all the tents were already set up and the food was precooked and stored in canisters and metal trays. Here, all the tents (for sleeping, eating and cooking) had to be put up by us. The only thing on the campsite that was there at advance was a toilet hut and a few cabins for the younger children in Beavers and Brownies. Oh, and have I already mentioned how all the cooking was done by scouts on a schedule, so you had to eat with the constant fear of coming down with a case of food poisoning? Just kidding the food was quite pleasurable yet the possibility still creeped in the back of your head. Now I know what you are thinking. How bad could it have been? I mean you only left on Friday and came back on Monday. That is only two nights. Its not like you were put into the middle of a jungle and left to fend for yourself, right? Well, you do have a point there. As a matter of fact, I really did enjoy it but it did have its drawbacks, those moments when you think to yourself “can I not just go back to bed?”. So, I have decided to finally share my story. Here it goes… Continue reading “My first camp (excusing treco)=part 1”

When I first heard that we were going to Black Land’s living farm, I could barely control my excitement at first. The moment I got home from after school, I began to furiously type its name into the internet; I just had to know what it was like and what kind of things I was to expect. I was then greatly disappointed. Whenever I searched up its name, my computer kept on showing me images of antique furniture and carpets. This made me so disappointed that I forgot about it it right up until the trip was the next day. Little did I know however, that you should not always trust what you see at first. Continue reading “My trip to Black Land’s Living Museum”

Not so long ago, me and my class were presented with the opportunity to visit Kew Gardens to further deepen our understanding of a plant’s many hardships (but we all knew that wasn’t the only reason to why we signed up). We were able to fully let in the vast array of plants we were only able to see through the eyes of a camera lens or a text book. In addition, we were able to experience it with our friends, a fun way to learn with plenty of activities including filling out a booklet (it was a bit of a pain carrying around a clipboard but oh well). The most important part of it all was to experience first-hand how all these plants were able to adapt, to evolve to overcome certain obstacles. As an added bonus, there were also plenty of wild life and a vast collection of sculptures to admire on the trip from exhibit to exhibit. Continue reading “My trip to Kew Gardens”

For two nights and two days, I was given the rare opportunity to go on a camping trip with my friends. Now let me explain how all this came to pass. Continue reading “Treco at Blacklands farm”

On Saturday, my family and some of my close friends were able to go to StanHill Farm. There we had the rare experience of going into a maize maze. We were split into groups to see who could find all the letters in the maze. I was with another friend and her little sister. At first, we thought it would be too easy, but we were wrong. Continue reading “The Maize Maze”

So, in the weekend, I went out for a quick holiday with my family and friends (again). The destination we were heading to this time was called Isle of Wight. I am sure you have heard of it somewhere, it often goes by the name of ‘dinosaur island’ due to its abundance in prehistoric fossils. But enough about the island but the trip itself. We had to cross the sea somehow so we used a ferry from the company Red Funnel. It took around one and a half hours (or less, I am not completely sure) to get to the port and boy what a sight it was.  Continue reading “Isle of Wight”

So, in the weekend, me and my family went to Scotland and the Isle of Skye. We only did this because Monday was a bank holiday which gave us extra time to get back. The only bad thing about this was that we had to drive there. It took around ten hours and because me and my brother we at the back, we were shoved in with everything else at 2 in the morning. Despite all of this, it was still fun.

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