Freezing Gorge Walkings by Dylan

On Wednesday afternoon, we went gorge walking. I had been looking forward to gorge walking all day because I had never been gorge walking before and I had heard that you got wet and there was a slide at the top.   We met our instructor called Morna in the dining hall so that she could tell us what to wear and when to meet again.  She told us to wear: at least 5 layers clothes, our waterproofs and a helmet. She also told us to meet in the backyard.

 

After a while, we were all at back yard and then went on the mini bus to Puck's Glen.

 

When we arrived at Puck's Glen, we had to go through a graveyard.   After that, we got to the gorge and Morna set us a challenge not to get wet until the slide.  The gorge was rocky with a big stream running through the rocks.   There were also logs, branches and rocks we had to step on and a big log which was slippy and we had to crawl across it to the other side.  After that we continued to scramble along branches.

 

Soon we got to a rock and a tree shaped like a elephant.   Then after that, we found a thin, long log that we had to walk across. The log was floating on water and if you fell in you would be freezing after being submerged in the cold water but we all made it across in the end.

 

After we climbed a bit more, we reached the keyhole!  I took the route where you got soaked with water; that was really fun.   When you got out of hole up into key hole you had  to go through a tight bit with your back against one end and your feet on the other.

 

We then got to a massive slope which we had to climb up with a rope one by one.   We climbed the side of the slope to get to middle by holding onto the rope.   When we got to the top of the slope, we reached the slide.   It was so fun!  We got soaking wet and afterwards we weren't cold.  The water in our boots got warm!

 

And then Morna told us to go along a path until we reached the second wooden bridge. When we got to it we were nearly at the bus and about five minutes later we were there.   And then we were off again to Benmore.  Wet but happy.