Oh the great joys of Field Day...............

Well today was field day...........we were all dreading it this morning but it actually turned out to be quite fun as I explained earlier to an incredulous Hattie!

We arrived at about 11am as our coach was late. First, the whoel of Yr10 was divided into six groups and then we were all sent to different places. My first activity was LSD's or something along those lines. Anyway it was just learning how to use a new gun (god I hate those things!). Most embarrassingly the NCO checking all our weapons were clear trod on me and fell over..... Anyways after that easy session where we basically just lay face down in the grass was over, we sat around and pondered where wee were meant to be. After a while we went over to field craft which (typical CCF lack of organisation) had no teacher so a Yr13 called Jack Brown who is in charge of Yr10 took it randomly. Mostly we just sat around although half way through it started to rain as it did until 5pm!!! So i got my waterproof jacket on and decided I couldn't be stuffed to put on the trousers and they are huuuumungous and come up to my shoulders and I can fit all of me inside one leg! Anyway we went and sat on top of a mound and we had to launch ourselves off the top of it and land on our stomachs and leopard (army) crawl through the grass in the rain! It was sooo fun!

After that we went by minibus over to the range and it was chucking it down. We waited in teh rain for a while and then dumped our bags and went over to a line of rifles and practised our drills. It was hailing really hard and raining non-stop and we were all just lying flat on our faces trying to get the goddamn things to work because the water kept making them jam. Eventually when we were soggy all the way through we gave up and walked through the stream/road to stand beneath a very insubstantial tree. After that we had to go put all the slings, magasins and weapons away and then we were finally allowed to go and wait inside the little dry cabin with two of the other groups. After about an hour standing in a room full of soaked people who were making little puddles everywhere, we got a minibus back to the main base as the shooting was cancelled as the weapons kept jamming. We then got changed....I was with two boys from my group because we were the only people who caught the first minibus back and the rest had to wait for the second. Luckily we then found Hattie but then lost Neeraj and then found Crofty..hmm who's worse I wonder...anyway so me, JJ and Hattie were just wondering around for quite a while before the rest of our section showed up. Eventually they did. We then ran around in circles as a so-called warm-up. We then played football then benchball followed by about ten lethal games of dodgeball! Then we did some basketball and then yet more football! Then every met up outside because the rain had finally stopped! Oh yes! And we had a very weird version of rounders with a tennis racket for half an hour... then we had to get changed quickly before parade. I ended up in the middle of a load of boys because as all the rest of the girls had shown up later they were sent somewhere else to change and the boys just stayed bythe door like me but oh well. It was actually quite funny some of the things they were saying.

Anyway we had a final parade and everything and then got back on the coach. After finally managing to grab a seat at the back we had an hour and a half to fill which we did by playing many games with Jessy, Lauz, Alex G, and Luke which was very fun. Eventually we were allowed to leave school and still soaking wet I finally came home!

I'm quite proud of myself as I have just finished a buggar of an English article! It took an hour and a half! Happy now though because I don't have to slog all weekendbecause I've already done it! Yay! And the little suicidal cranefly with a death wish has finally stopped flying into my head! And yes Hattie I did resist the temptation to kill it...annoying as it was.

Anyways, must get off to bed as I am fairly wacked....

Goodnight all xxx <3