Robinwood: Wood Group

The Wood team have had a phenomenal few days at Robinwood!

We arrived at Dobroyd Castle, settled ourselves into our dormitories and tucked into our first (but definitely not our last) hearty meal of our stay! That afternoon we donned our harnesses and helmets ready to throw ourselves into the exhilarating Giant Swing, Trapeze, Knight's Quest and Rocket Olympics. After our evening meal and team challenge we were all ready for bed.

On Thursday we woke to a full day of Robinwood fun!  We became Robin Hood and Maid Marian as we shot arrows through the air at lightning speed in Archery; learnt to work and balance as a team in the Crate Challenge and conquered the three C's (Climbing, Canoeing and Caving) all before dinner time! As our penultimate day came to a close we faced our most challenging task yet, we completed an assault course completely blind folded. Although we faced some pesky squirrels along the way we pulled together and triumphed in the end!

As we woke for our final day we could barely believe we had almost reached the end of our adventure. We were left no time to be disheartened as we were quickly led once again to the climbing room. As we had scaled the wall like Spider Monkeys the day before, our group leader Rienk, decided to push us to the max - this time we were climbing blindfolded! We finished our unforgettable experience in true Robinwood style by zip wiring through the Yorkshire countryside posing as our favourite superheroes!

'We didn't realise we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun!'

A. A. Milne