Everything is running smoothly. We arrived in good time and were thrilled to find our accommodation was ready for us. Every room, this year, has an ensuite shower room and everyone is in a room for 2 except for one room of 5 girls.
We had a tour, then our packed lunch before Games on the field.
At 2:15 activities started and everyone enjoyed Team Challenge. A great new activity at Kingswood this year, involving team work. A perfect way to start.
Circus skills followed and then different groups did different things - nightline (with blindfolds), team tech (building robots from giant mechano) and archery. Miss Reid has really entered into the spirit of things and has already climbed into a big pile of tyres with an orange helmet on and clambered over a scramble net.
Dinner was not until 6:40 and everyone was STARVING! Sausages, chicken or vegetable pie with mash and gravy was just what we needed. One boy told us "The mash was even better than my Mum's."
Everyone is at the evening activity "Trail of Mystery" - not sure what to expect, but I guess from the title that you're not supposed to!
Hot chocolate at 9:00, then back to the rooms for some sleep, OR that's the teachers plan.
We'll see.
