DAY 1:  We were all very excited getting on the bus, and began telling each other jokes and playing games- we were all so loud!  Mr Booth brought his minion Bob on the trip, and he was dancing along to us singing songs- we all laughed!  When we arrived at Rock UK we were all excited getting off the bus, as we could see lots of staff waiting to greet us. We met an instructor called DJ, and he took us to our meeting room.  We played outside for a while, before getting called for our first activity!

We were split into two groups; one went gorge walking and another went to take part in archery and caving. We were not ready for gorge walking as we had no idea that we were about to get soaked!  We went on a long drive to where we had to meet, and jumped into deep cold water which made us all shiver.  Our group were called Rainbow Pigs. We all enjoyed sliding down under the waterfall, but there was a deep hole at the bottom and almost everyone fell in it- luckily we had life jackets on.  We also went through the tunnel full of mud.  Riley covered his face in mud and called it ‘war paint’ and everyone laughed!

The group that went to do archery really enjoyed it- they loved the games they played and the caving. Rory also got stuck in one of the tight spaces call the cheese press. After gorge walking we were given rooms with four people, and we all had a shower and unpacked our things.  We then went and had free time on the big field. Then we had dinner which was burger and chips and fruit salad or cheesecake. We had more free time after tea and then went to roast marshmallows by the campfire and told jokes.  It was so much fun, we also sang songs that were led by Riley. We all went to our rooms and most of us stayed up for a while until lights out at 11.

by Chloe & Melisa