Dukes Barn Residential 2010

We are now approaching the last day of our 2010 residential at Dukes Barn, Beeley, Derbyshire. Throughout the week, the children have been split into groups - each group has been abseiling, caving, climbing, canoeing and have visited Chatsworth House. There have also been some on-site activities such as archery and obstacle courses. We have had a fantastic time and have been incredibly lucky with the weather, which has been fine and dry all week. 

To see more pictures of our time at Dukes Barn, click here. There are now three selections of pictures which you can view, so select which one (either 'Beeley Flash', 'Beeley Day 3' or 'Day 4') and click go. 

Here are some quotes from some of the children:

John: "I miss my kittens! It's great we are allowed to come here."

Jacob: "The food here is fantastic! Yesterday I had a waffle"

Christopher: "The caving was good fun but really cold."

Leon: "The beds here are really weird as they are glued to the wall and I keep banging my head."

Rebecca: "Jumping in the lake was fun. We all got drenched."

Rachel and Hannah: "Caving was cool and amazing. It was really cold - we turned off all the lights, then put our hands onto the rocks and walked around."

Alexander: "We climbed up a cliff face and you had to put your feet and hand in cracks. It was really hard - nothing like a climbing wall."

Katie: "On Tuesday night, we all wrote our postcards to our mum and dads."

Hannah: "In archery, I got a bulls-eye!"

Jake: "In the weasling activity, you had to fit through lots of tiny gaps in the rocks."

Mark: "Th canoeing was great but the water was freezing. Me and John both got very very wet!".

Tilly: "On the lake, we stood on the edge of the boat and bounced up and down to make a see-saw. We made a pirate ship with our rafts and Mark the instructor made us walk the plank!"