Porth Dafarch near Treaddur Bay, south of Holyhead,
South Stack lighthouse, Holyhead Island
Getting ready for coasteering, helmets, wetsuits, bouyancy aids and some courage...
Today we went coasteering. It was far away from the Outdoor Centre so we had to pack some clothes to get changed into after we got wet. Once we put on our wet suits and bouyancy aids we started to climb. Today we also had a new instructor called Bryan. We had to climb the rocks side ways for some of the way and that was called a traverse. At one point we met a dead end so we had to jump in from a ledge and swim to the other side, at least we didn't have to swim very far. But the only bad thing was that we had to get out on the other end and the rocks were so steep and hard to get onto. Next we had to go through an emergency drill where we had to put our arms across our shoulders and fall back. later on we had to get to the other side again but we had to jump off a large cliff which was a challenge for some people. The instructors told us to do a pencil dive so that we wouldn't hit our head at the bottom, obviously! After the big jump we came to some rock pools which were pretty warm, probably more warm than cold, as they were shallow and heated by the sun. Then we finally came to the end of the headland and jumped in to swim to the beach. In year six we have been learning about stacks and coasts and we we had a chance to look at some today.
David Ashcroft
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SPLASH
Coasteering team rewarded with a fine lunch in the sun. Food ALWAYS tastes better after some great exercise outdoors!
In the RSPB sanctuary at South Stack. There was an infra red camera trained on some Puffin eggs hatching on the cliff face.
End of the day before heading back to HQ - SUP? happy, shattered and coasteered!
See you tomorrow.
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