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Ski - Day 2: The Misty Mountain
Everyone now more familiar with the day’s events and timings, we were on the slopes by 9am prompt. The weather turned on the team, and visibility worsened. Determined to battle through, the superb Hyndland Skiers took to the slopes in their teams with ease. Some skiers a little more confident than others (Mr Elder) found themselves in a snowballed heap at the bottom of the run. Luckily a fresh carpet of powdered snow cushioned his fall and his pride. This was not the end of the calamity tumbles. Euan Anderson confidently tackled a tricky Red/Black slope. When he finally dusted himself down he realised he was 100 yards from the rest of his ski equipment and 200 yards from the rest of the group.
The “expert” groups suffered the worst of the wipeouts, Involving over half of the group, a tree, two unnamed (female) members of staff and a confused instructor scratching his head. The beginners proved to be the experts of the day finishing off with a number of high speed moguls and ski jumping. Chloe Crawford, Milo Lockhart and Iain (Styles) Black all improving significantly.
The Total wipeouts continued as the troops were taken to an aerial assault course. Francesca MacMillan impressed us all with great gymnastic, speed and strength skills. Rosie Slater, on the other hand, struggled with a number of the tricky obstacles as she commented “I didn’t know that giant, stationary, bright yellow ring was there.” The activity centre offered a number of activities including Table Tennis. Matthew “ping pong champion of the world” Beckett took on Mr Elder in a heated grudge match. The game resulted in a specular 2 set 11-3, 11-5 trashing and Mr Elder lifting the Victors trophy. The kids returned to the hotel for some well-deserved grub and some hasty repairs to ripped trousers (Mrs McIlroy will be impressed!!). Tonight’s challenge was Red or Black which was won by Martin Monaghan, last seen waving his 2 inch gold plastic cup high above his head!! The pupils then headed to the in-hotel cinema for a date with the ‘Dark Knight’…albeit some didn’t even see the opening credits before seeing the inside of their eyelids.
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