School trips

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:43 am

How many school trips did you go on whilst at CH?

I went on a one week history trip to Florence which was excellent. We visited Assissi, Siena, Pisa, Perugia & Lucca that I can remember.

The other trip I went on was for two weeks on the Malcolm Miller

I volunteered to do this in a moment of madness. It was just after the great storms of 1987 and we passed through a force 9 gale. We were all on the side of the deck throwing up! Although I am glad I did it now I don't think I'd ever want to do it again. (Sorry DBTS) We sailed from Southampton to Jersey, St Malo and then to Fowey and back to Pompey. Unfortunately me and a fellow CH pupil missed the boat back to the ship at Fowey after an evening out and got summonsed to the captain

He made us pull the anchor chain in when we left Fowey as punishment

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:32 am

Well, I think I went on...

at least 4 Norfolk Broads trips with Scouts

5 scout camps (whilst at CH!)

4/5 times to JDS's house in the lakes (whilst at CH!)

1 Venture Scout camp to Austria

1 Venture Scout Camp to the Lakes

South Africa Cricket Tour (wow!)

Deps Geography Field Trip to French Alps

Geography field trip to Shropshire

German 'study' visit to munich and Nuremburg - best trip ever?

UserRequestedRemoval · Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:13 am

I am trying hard to remember but I can't think of any trips done whilst at CH except for CCF annual camps. Ours was near Newcastle. There may have been the odd grecians trip but I don't remember any

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:55 am

A Grecian's trip?

You reminded me - Dr Stuart took all of the Maine A grecians to Dieppe on a day trip after a-levels!

UserRequestedRemoval · Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:56 am

I just bet the duty free shops got raided

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:58 am

maybe...

UserRequestedRemoval · Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:59 am

Good man, living up to the honour of the school!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:40 am

Living up to the one word post as well.

UserRequestedRemoval · Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:42 am

Is this a recurring theme EA?

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:49 am

Yes a thread about a week (and many posts from you) ago was commenting on Mr P being the most prolific poster and how many of his posts were one word, mainly in Mallets Mallet, but I suppose that following his previous post regarding the trips he had taken we can allow him the odd one word answer (or perhaps enigmatic would be better than odd)

UserRequestedRemoval · Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:52 am

Oh yes I remember it now, thanks EA, btw I asked you a question in Hertford memories, and you might be able to answer one I posed to Caroline

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:58 am

I went on a few theatre trips and the legendary A level german study visist to Munich and Nurenberg!!! The best week ever! so good dad volunteered as a memeber of staff to go the following year!

UserRequestedRemoval · Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:01 pm

Hello Amy! I think tales of that german trip should be recounted

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:04 pm

Well, it was amazing stuff we got to do like go to the chitty chitty bang bang castle, which greatly annoyed MrP that we couldnt call it by its proper name but just kept standing there going this is where the child snatcher was!!!

But it wasbrilliant lots of beer, lunch afternnon and evening! I have very vague recolection of the last night courtesy of Marcus and someother ex german assitants and their plying us with alcohol-who am i to turn down afree drink???

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:08 pm

Amy, the whole thing was legendary - it was the reason for doing German...
(allegedly!)

I remember FRP on her first day of doing German, showed us slides of the German study visit and how it was only a year and half a term away...