Wednesday 16 September 2015

Kingswood residential day 1

A good start to the day saw us get away on time, although some expert manoeuvring by our coach driver was required to get us out of the morning parking chaos. Lots of goodbyes were soon replaced with the strange silence of children engaged with electronic devices! No campfire songs on this bus!

The A47 soon beckoned and with the sun breaking through the clouds, we found ourselves drifting past Peterborough well on our way to Wells beach. 39 children and five staff all eagerly looking forward to three days away in wind swept Norfolk!

Our journey was uneventful, well nearly, with just one incident that we will leave to your imagination!

We arrived on Wells beach in beautiful sunshine, although the clouds in the distance certainly held a promise of what was to come. We enjoyed our time on the beach, had a picnic in the pine trees and took in the nostalgic sight of the beach huts. Some paddling and sandcastle building was also enjoyed and we left our 'footprints in the sand.'








A further journey on the bus brought us to our destination and we were shortly to be greeted by a significant downpour, that left us all very damp and in need of a change of clothing. The deluge was so great that the grounds are littered with planks - the only way to cross from one side of the many lakes that have appeared to the other. But it has not dampened our spirits and we look forward to a sun filled day tomorrow - we hope!