More from Minstead

Hello again from Minstead! After a torrential start to the day, (which just added to the mud!), we ended with some sunshine once more.

After a good night, (and a very hearty breakfast!) we split into our groups to earn our first challenge bead. One group were 'Egg Layers', meeting the resident free range chickens (but not Henrietta who has her own notion of 'free range'!). Another group learned about the importance of recycling, by becoming 'Muck Movers', whilst the third embarked on an 'Aquatic Adventure', pond dipping for watery creatures.

Following lunch, we went for another woodland wander. We met the 'Ditch of Doom' yesterday, and today encountered an even deeper, even wetter, even muddier ditch today - which we nicknamed the Ditch of Death* (*death of dry boots and socks, that is!).

We created a 38 metre snake, played some games and returned to the centre tired but happy.

We tucked into a delicious home made cottage pie and then spent the evening molding clay, designing bandanas and creating beautiful lanterns ready for our campfire later in the week.