White water rafting was definitely cool. After a journey where it rained the entire way there, the sun actually came out for the two and a half hours on board the raft, for it to then rain the entire journey back!! After our safety talks we were kitted out in very sexy wetsuits, buoyancy aids and helmets and then carried our rafts down to the water. Though it is on a natural river it was a man made course so rapids were guaranteed. Being the only lady in our raft i did slip out at one point and floated off clinging to my paddle!! Though at times seemed to be paddling harder than some of the men in the raft!!! After going round the rapids in our rafts we were then shown how to jump in and float down the rapids clinging onto nothing but our life jackets!!!
So i can now tick white water rafting off my things to try list and one that i would definitely do again.
Half term has also now passed, back to work Monday, boooo, but it has been a busy and eventful week. After finishing school last Friday the weekend started with a Help for Heroes charity concert at Nottingham barracks on Saturday which was brilliant. The bands were very talented and the music was exceptional. I particularly liked Baker Street and their 80s medley! I'm glad we didn't have to sing along to the national anthem as horror of horrors i don't actually know the words!!! Shhhhh don't tell!!! But i would visit again - all those men in uniform, I'd be crazy not to!
Sunday i drove down to London to stay with the family and visit those still in the big smoke. That evening was spent rooting around in the loft looking for old pictures to embarrass my sister on her 40th birthday and these had me and the folks in stitches. As it turns out myself and my sisters have a history of digging holes in the sand - sand pits in the garden, trenches in Spain, a giant hole in Tunisia that was so big it had steps down into it, a very odd tradition. I also found out that mum was offered 300 camels for my sister by a little Tunisian boy!!! That had me in creases as we had pictures of the camels!!!
Monday we saw a fab modern day circus show, La Clique, which was very odd in places but the acts were again very talented. I'm not going to go into the finer details however star spangled banner played on a whistle not blown by one's mouth was interesting!!! The days that followed was spent shopping, drinking and visiting an old uni friend which was fab. It's times like this that i actually miss London. Though that thought did not cross my mind when wedged into a train and standing on the busy corner of Leicester Square trying to find someone only a foot away but couldn't see them due to the sea of tourists!!!! Living away from the capital definitely makes me appreciate it more when i visit.
Anyway it's back to school, booo, but for the final term before the 6 week holidays yay...let the countdown begin to the summer holiday!!!
