TY Bonding Trip by Sinead Rafferty

By Sinead Rafferty (4B)

Lilliput Adventure Centre 🏕️
On Monday the 23rd of September, the 4th Year students were lucky enough to head down to Lilliput Adventure Centre in County Westmeath for a bonding trip away. We had our sleeping bags and pillows at the ready. We all looked as if we were going for a week instead of overnight !
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After starting off with an early rise, we met at the school for 7:45am. We hit the road shortly after.
After what felt like a very quick bus journey, we arrived in Lilliput and the girls headed to their dorms and the boys to their tents (The boys were envious of our hot radiators and comfortable mattresses!)

We were divided into groups and commenced the various different activities. Some included Orienteering, Rock Climbing, Hiking, Aero Ball and more. All the activities were great fun and eased us in for what was yet to come.

After a quick bite to eat, and a quick outfit change, we headed down to the scenic Lough Ennell to do some Paddle Boarding. This was the highlight of my trip, even though it was a shock to the system !🥶

Next up was Bog Jumping - a renowned feature of Lilliput Adventure Centre. We spent half an hour crawling, jumping, twisting and falling around in the muck. Apparently it was ‘good for our skin!’ Everyone got stuck in and had great fun.

We were a pathetic sight as we trudged back to the showers – everybody head to toe in mud! Everyone was glad to get changed into clean clothes. We got to spend some time relaxing in the evening before our Teachers brought us on a Ghost walk in the forest (in the dark)! After a long adventurous day we were all fit for our beds! 

We all had a fantastic time and it was a great opportunity to get to know our year group and our TY Tutors better.

Here are a few snaps of our day….