Firstly I start with an acheivement. Our group being the first group to make the 10 mile mark in the history of Glasbury, for our age group (yay). Yes thats right, our group canoed 10 whole miles!
We started the day with our heads held high, getting off to a flying start. Most of the journey went great, but Jordon and his team decided to take most of the trees with them.
Our journey began with our 4 canoes linked togther to make two rafts. Mr Naughten steered one raft, while our instructor Ryan did the other. Everyone had a great day with beautiful surroundings and even frequent fly overs of jet fighters in the sky. We spotted both Harrier Jump jets and even the new Euro-Fighter Typhoon!
At various points we pulled into the side and had a go at stone skimming. Before heading down the river, our instructor suggested that we all attempt some Canoe surfing. Austin was first up and before we knew it, was standing up in the canoe, in rapid water.
The further we went down the river, it was decided to separate our Canoes and go it alone. Meaning we now had to navigate our Canoes without teacher help. To be honest, we put them to shame!
As we were nearing the 10 mile mark, we were giving the opportunity to get wet! Jordan jumped in first, followed by Aidan, Austin and Connor. Lets say the water was just a little cold. So we rushed to get back in the canoe, but only managed to overturn our canoe in the mad rush. We then tried to get into our instructors canoe, but were told to keep away before we overturned that too. Hilarious.
Fortunately, we were at the end of our journey. So we didn't get very cold. What we did do though was have a great day. Probably our best day yet.
by Austin Sceats and Ben Stewart.
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