Summer camp diaries

Day Three
Our mentor is Mike. He is ex-army and sometimes at night he goes on mountain rescues. I don't think he likes me. Anyway, today we went rock climbing. We walked to the coast where we could climb rocks and abseil with the sea below. It was more difficult than climbing a man-made wall. There were dolphins in the estuary. When we got back we went swimming. The pool was mancky and Rob's Calvin Klein watch, which doesn't fit him, was nicked. His mum will be really cross.

Day Four/Five
My necklace I bought from Legends was nicked from the windowsill by my bed, probably because there are no locks on the dorm doors. Also, a boy with that ADHD thingy was sent home. We thought it was unfair. He was really funny. We went into the hills on a hike. We were carrying everything, including teaspoons, but not tents for camping out. After about three hours we arrived at some cabins where we slept. It was cool. The next day we did orienteering, which I don't like. It was boring. We played games outside. I jumped over some barbed wire and got a massive cut on my leg.

Day Six
Mike had to leave to do something for the army. We were meant to go pier jumping but, because we took too long to get ready, there wasn't enough time. We went on a coastal walk instead, watched the dolphins and then built a raft and sailed on it. It was boring because the team leader gave us all the ideas and we got the barrels and ropes for building it out of a beach hut. When we got back, we sat on our bench. The centre was in a very, very beautiful place. My favourite thing from the holiday was sitting with our group watching the tide come in and out.

Day Seven
After breakfast the course finished. We were dropped off at the station to catch the train to Birmingham. Rob's mum collected us. She wanted to know why Rob was black and blue. We kept quiet about the watch.

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