This year we have been on several holidays and for that I have to thank my parents,the most memorable holiday has been the one we just had at Cefn lea in Wales where home schooling families meet once a year for their holiday. Lots of things were organised by the people on holiday there. The two white boards in one of the main entrances were filled with loads of activities such as the dads vs lads football (lads won!) although I didn't take part as my football skill barely exists and I would probably be more of a hindrance then a help.
Let me also enlighten you on our pleasant experience setting the tent up (sarcasm). All was going well ,my dad was shouting orders like a drill Sargent (good job he did or it would never have gone up) my Mum, Luke and I were helping(Amy had wondered of somewhere to play with her friends) when as I was pegging down the guy ropes on one corner of the tent, there seemed to be a very unpleasant smell, so I had a look around to see if I could find any poo and then checked the bottom of my shoes but there was none. The Drill Sargent... I mean my Dad, commented that it smelt like a dead body and lo and behold he was correct.
We didn't find the body of a dead human if you were concerned, no we found a squished toad inside the lining of the tent. It seemed that on our last holiday the toad had decided to hitch a ride, what it didn't know was that it was about to be compressed rolled and crammed into our tent bag ,the result was one very squished and very dead toad. I made sure that I slept as far away from that corner as humanely possible.
I think it was the day after we set up the tent that me my brother and dad decided to ride up the hill to the golf course which was situated above the main site, let me just tell you that the hill was steep and covered in gravel and chunks of loose rock. Once at the top of the golf course my daft Dad and brother decided to ride down it, I followed just not as fast .When we got back to the tent I decided it was quite fun to go up and down hills and while my dad went on a hike I proceeded to do nine laps of our little course. At the end it felt like I had no legs they were so numb.
They also had a cinema which they showed several movies on and while me and Luke were watching the movies Amy who cant sit still for more than five minutes went into the tube room which as the name suggests is a room full of tubes.
One of the main attractions at Cefn Lea is the water slide which is on about half way through the week and at the time I didn't know they had a water slide and so didn't partake I know I know I'm no fun deal with it. Although My brother Dad and Sister all had a go, Amy was holding on to my Dads back, here is a picture.
Me and my Dad also went on another bike ride with another guy on the site called Tim it consisted of riding up a very steep climbing over several barbed wire fences and then a very steep long decent. This is me at the top.
One of the great things about Cefn Lea is that everybody does stuff together for instance me and my brother started playing a game of cricket and within 5-10 minutes there were 15 people playing with us.
On the final evening at Cefn lea they have a concert were everybody can do something from a thirty second pieces of music to a full song played three time through the concert. After the concert Me My Dad Brother his friend and his Dad decided to climb up the nearby mountain... in the pitch black, because why the heck not. When we reached the top we saw a light flashing on the golf course back at Cefn Lea, so my Dad shone his flashed his torch back at them. they did the same and this gave us a good laugh even though none of us knew Morse code, when we got down from the mountain we returned to our tent and slept until morning were we promptly packed and drove home, thus ended our brilliant holiday!
