Monday Evening

After a surprisingly effortless journey from Stonham Aspal, we arrived in good time at Marchants Hill. We had a picnic lunch and some fun and games outside before we were introduced to Jon, our groupie. Once we had sorted out groups and rooms, we had a tour of the whole site and spent a happy time scavenging in the woods for firewood for the evening's entertainment. Then it was back to our rooms to get properly unpacked and acclimatised. 

We all sat down for dinner in the canteen just before 6pm and enjoyed bangers and mash, steak and ale pie or veggie curry... the announcement that we would be having donuts for pudding was met with a chorus of approval! The children were impeccably behaved over dinner and, once everyone had finished, we returned to our rooms to get ready for a campfire and singalong in the woods. Mrs Brett and Mrs Wright conducted the first of the week's room inspections and everything looked shipshape. 

Then it was time to assemble once more and head off into the trees. Mrs Waldron is aiming to get a few snaps of proceedings which will be uploaded later if they come out better than last year's! To tide over any homesick parents, here are a selection of photos of the occupants of each room - the lighting in some rooms is less effective than others...

Photos of tomorrow's activities will probably not be uploaded until the evening, depending on when we get a spare moment. For now, the author must leave the comforts of the warm teachers' lounge and Leicester v West Brom, head out into the cold and dark, and hopefully find the merry band of Stonham folk lurking in the wilderness...