We set off from Northbourne Park School at 7pm on Saturday 26th April and with NPS still in sight, pupils started asking “when are we taking a break?” Little did we know how long the walk would be. Along the way we had challenges to complete which involved two members of staff acting as German soldiers from whom we were trying to escape; we would be granted points for successfully completing tasks along the way. The boys and girls were also split up, the girls were the French soldiers who scored nil points and the boys were the English victors who scored 30 points.

 

We spent our next few hours hiding in bushes and getting attacked by stinging nettles. About halfway through we came across a horrible path that was smothered with mud and puddles. As we stumbled across the path a couple of the French soldiers got their shoes stuck in the mud and we had a great laugh. We started to get very tired and our legs became numb and sore, we really felt the pain of what some soldiers must have endured. But we carried on walking and soon we started to see the street lights emerge which was a great relief.

 

Once we got down to Dover Harbour we were greeted by the bus drivers who had hot chocolate and biscuits waiting for us. As we nibbled away at our food we exchanged thoughts about the great goal that was achieved as a team. It was about 2 in the morning and we were pretty happy to return back to school and back to our warm beds.

 

By Marie-Louise (Year 8)