Nant B H in welsh : NANT BWLCH YR HAEARN
23rd of April
Day 1
Nant B H was very far away. It took an hour to get there but it was worth the ride. When we got there we sat in the dinner hall to talk about the rules, then when we went to our dorms. Ours was quite big. When we got used to our dorms we unpacked our stuff and got to our beds. Underneath me was Charlie K and next to me was Will D. When we finished packing we went to the dinner hall to have our lunch and the lunch was jacket potato. It was really nice. On my table was Alex, Finlay,Will W and I. Will W didn’t like jacket potato so he didn’t have anything. When we finished our jacket potato we went to our dorms to tidy them because in half an hour it was dorm inspection. We started to panic because our dorms were untidy, but we just did it in the nick of time. When Steff came in to our dorms he said it was tidy, then he said what to wear for the gorge scrambling, then to meet at the drying room.
We all got dressed super fast. When I was dressed I went straight to the drying room to get my waterproofs on because Sheryl said we were going to get soaked. When we were all ready we went onto the bus and went straight there. It was a half an hour journey but I thought it took 10 minutes!
When we got there we had to climb a hill, but it was really steep. When we got to the top we could hear water running down the waterfall, so we knew we were close. On the bus me and Will D made a deal. We said we will try not to get wet, but when we saw the first course we knew we were going to get wet! We jumped over it so we didn’t get wet but we knew it was luck. We carried on walking but we got wet because we had to jump across. It was big but I ……. made it. Then we had to jump in to get to the other side so it was mission failed for me and Will D.
We kept walking down but we all had jobs, so when it was my turn I had to stand on the edge and people had to do a starfish around me and land on a root, so it was really risky. Everybody made it through the edge then we had to walk a bit. We went through elephant’s bum. It was dark and scary for me but it was quite fun to do the experience. It was freezing so I quickly jumped out of the water. We went down a slide -that was really fun, but still cold. When we got out we had to walk down the hill which wore me out.
When I got in the bus I was shattered. All of us wanted to go to sleep but we couldn’t. When we got back it was tea time and everyone was starving for tea. It was pasta bolognese with sweetcorn. It was lovely, it was heaven. I had seconds of it but I was too full to have thirds or pudding. I was stuffed.
After our tea we had to get our waterproofs on and meet at the top classroom. When I got dressed I went to the drying room. It was like a hot tub it was that hot. We needed waterproofs on for orienteering -it is map finding. It was me and Charlie. We were called ‘Space Warcraft.’ It was tricky. We got 1 2 3 but we couldn’t find 4! It took us forever to find. The next round we came 2nd then the next round we came 1st eventually 🙂. Another group lost Will W so we helped them, it affected our time but my mate was more than a game. We couldn’t find him so we went in. As soon we went in, he came in! So everyone was happy.
After Orienteering we went to our dorms and got our pj’s on then we went to the dining hall to have hot chocolate and biscuits. I had custard creams and a bourbon. We went to our dorms and got into our beds and played till lights out. I wanted to stay awake for a bit but Alex got really home sick so we went to bed at 10:30. We didn’t have a clock in our room so we had to go in the hall way to see the time.
Day 2
We all got up at 6:00 and got dressed and played till 8:00. Breakfast was bacon, smiley faces and hoops. It was nice, really nice. After we had breakfast we did sandwich making. I had a ham bun, crisps and fruit because we had to use it for the cave we had to go and get dressed for the cave and get our waterproofs on.