Bounty from the sea

Three out of four teams pull up lobsters in their creels

The teams have been out on the sea loch today, pulling up the creels (pots) that they baited on Sunday. Shore crabs, hermit crabs and whelks are the common catch but this week’s teams pulled up three lobsters, a season record! It gave us a great chance to learn a little more about the creatures living below the surface while ‘en route’ to Ardmore to see the 1966 Atlantic rowing boat.

The teams have also been out on the orienteering course. A three square kilometre area of wild terrain bounded by a stock fence on one side and the sea on the other is the perfect way to get a greater level of independence in this wild landscape before their ultimate test on survival island tonight. The teams worked in little squads of three, roaming over the ground in search of the orienteering posts.

After a high tea of bread and jam, cake and cups of tea, the pupils headed out in the assault boats to survival island, landing shortly after 6pm. It is mild and a little grey and drizzly but the spirits are too high to be dampened by that. Early reports from the instructors who are keeping an eye on things suggest a great effort and super team work from the pupils, with fires lit good and early, and a wide array of shelters already built!