On Friday 14th March 2008, Year 5 began their journey to the Eco-Friendly Activity Centre, Cranedale, situated in North Yorkshire.  After a fun Nintendo and iPod packed journey we arrived at 17:00.  We had a tour of the centre by instructor No. 1, Tom.  Next we went to our rooms to prepare for dinner. 

My room-mates were Thomas Jayamaha, Greg Bird and Robbie Risk.  Robbie and Greg slept on the top bunks, Thomas & I on the bottom.  After we had unpacked in our rooms, we went into the common room which was very cosy.  There were 12 leather chairs alongside a table tennis area and a table football area next to a shop hatch. 

 

Upstairs in the common room were some massive leather sofas, where we sprawled out on, played cards or read.  There was also a balcony for reading, above the shop hatch.  After we had been in the common room for a while, we had dinner, then we were told about the itinerary for the next day.

 

 

Finally, we went to bed.  I thought we went to sleep early but apparently we were the last room to go to sleep.  I thought that couldn't be true as next door had feasts beyond midnight!

 

Next, we walked up a very steep spur and played the "Fox & Grouse" game.  This was a bit like the Cat & Mouse game but we had to hide behind rushes.  Finally, we had to go on the minibuses back to Kirby Gryndalythe.  Back at Cranedale, we had dinner and then looked at Mayfly Nymphs under a microscope. 

 

After we had studied them the shop opened and so did the hot chocolate machine.  I had a hot chocolate and bought a postcard and badger ornament from the shop.  Wearily, we went to sleep and this time we did fall asleep quicker than next door. 

 

The next morning we woke up at around 6:15.  At 10:00 we arrived at some woodland, ready to play "The Survival Game".  The only problem was… I didn't survive!  I was the first person to die, everyone had took my lives. 

 

I had 55 minutes until the game was over, so when it did finish I collected in the Herbivores’ lives.  There were a lot of them! 

 

After, we travelled back to Cranedale, had lunch, then left the centre to travel to Nottingham.  It was a wonderful trip to a very eco-friendly place.  I would certainly like to go there again and again!