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School trips
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:43 am
by Vonny
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
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:32 am
by Great Plum
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?
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:13 am
by UserRequestedRemoval
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
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:55 am
by Great Plum
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!
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:56 am
by UserRequestedRemoval
I just bet the duty free shops got raided
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:58 am
by Great Plum
maybe...
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:59 am
by UserRequestedRemoval
Good man, living up to the honour of the school!
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:40 am
by englishangel
Living up to the one word post as well.
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:42 am
by UserRequestedRemoval
Is this a recurring theme EA?
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:49 am
by englishangel
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)
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:52 am
by UserRequestedRemoval
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
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:58 am
by blondie95
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!
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:01 pm
by UserRequestedRemoval
Hello Amy! I think tales of that german trip should be recounted
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:04 pm
by blondie95
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???
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:08 pm
by Great Plum
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...