Tuesday, September 25, 2012

               Kayaking 




Our first activity of the day was going out Kayaking, we were all VERY excited but quite nervous about getting into the cold water.

Our instructor Erin showed us where we had to get our wet suit, how to put it on right and where we could go to change.

After getting changed we came out and was given life jackets and paddles and told how to use them and (with the life jackets) which way was the right/safe way to put them on.

We then was brought down to the sea side and told which part of the kayak was the front and back and how to shimmy ourself into the sea. 

After a while of, going the wrong way, falling in (me) and getting completely soaked by your trainer (again me) we finally got to an old tunnel where we were told there was a waterfall in which if you stay under the water for 10 seconds you would have an extra day of life :D.

When we finished this we kayaked back to shore and we played two games!!!
1. Colours- we were given two colours and when the instructor (Erin) said our colour we had to (while linked with another 2 girls) lie back and kick our legs splashing everyone else.
2. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes- we had to sing the song and every time Erin said toes we had to duck our head into the water- it didn't go down very well :D.

A cheer went up when we were told we were going pier jumping. It was AMAZING fun and a little bit nerve racking but all in all we enjoyed that activity and looked forward to lunch :3 

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