Gaisce Hike

Two weeks ago, 37 TYs headed to the Wicklow mountains to Kippure Lodge for our Gaisce Bronze Award 25 km hike. We left school at 2 pm and started the hike at around 4 pm. the first day we hiked 15 km up three mountains. It was so hard. By the end of the evening everyone was dying and just wanted to eat and sleep! We cooked our own food which included a pasta bake, two burnt pizzas, cake and half cooked half raw chips. We were all so hungry, it could've been any food and we would have eaten it!

The next day we got up at 7 and did activities like abseiling, high ropes etc. We started the second half of the hike at 12, this time 10 km. It was snowing so heavily and was so windy. The hike was all up hill up the mountain and my feet were drenched with water and mud the whole way up. When we got back to the lodge everyone was soaked to the skin.

Although the hike and weather was a tad horrible, I did enjoy the trip! Although saying that, I will not be doing the silver or gold award...

- Eve xx

Swim a Mile

Yesterday we went to the National Aquatic Centre to swim in aid of Ian Daly Swim a Mile with a Smile. This charity helps Barretstown and Crumlin Children's hospital and was set up by a man from Celbridge in honour of his son Ian who died of childhood cancer in 2003.

We could swim the mile in groups or on our own. We were in a group of four and swam 16 lengths each. I learned that I'm a pretty bad swimmer... We went to Blanchardstown for lunch after. It was a really good day!

-Eve xx