My rocky weekend
Monday, June 18, 2007
Slapton.
When I first heard the name of our Biology trip destination some months ago, I smiled, and wondered what would be in store for us. It should be fun right?
Now I am back, with stories to tell.
We gathered at the school gate at about 7am on Friday the 15th, and loaded the 3 minibuses with our luggages and of course, ourselves. We were divided into 2 groups filling 2 minibuses, and the 3rd was loaded with our luggages - with 3 boys accompanying Mr. C. We were all tired from waking up so early but buzzing with excitement too. The journey ahead of us was going to be long and so, I was looking forward to sleeping. :) We stopped twice at services along the way for lunch and toilet breaks.
The grey skies - a warning for the heavy rain which downpour-ed on us later in the journey
This is the view out of the window of the minibus showing the Slapton Sands
The group in the first minibus driven by Mrs. H
The minibuses trailing behind us :)
Arriving there, we were shown to our rooms, and attended the introduction - "Welcome to Slapton", got introduced to our teacher there, Rebecca and class then started. Breakfast everyday was at 8am, we all get to make our own packed lunch and dinner was at 6pm.
Marilena and I were the only girls who went so we shared a room (our luggages)
Marilena on the extra bed
The sink and closet in the room
The double bed, I slept on the bottom bed, whilst she slept on the top (I keep hitting my head)
Gorah Rocks = sheltered shore, where we carried out our coursework investigations
The beach that leads to the upper shores
We were in the middle shore, which as you can see is covered with seaweeds and the boys were surrounding the rockpools
Limpets and seaweeds
Limpets...
...which we had to measure the width of as a practice for the investigation of the effect of exposure on the limpet width. this is my group = luke, paul and jamie
the only photo of me in the whole trip :)
we had to wear waterproofs because it was raining and wellington boots too because the ground was all muddy
Luke with a periwinkle that was feeding on a seaweed
The other groups working hard
View from the top of the cliff which took us to the shores (Gorah Rocks = sheltered and Langerstone Point = exposed). The journey to and from the rocky shores took about 1 hour. I was sooo wiped out!
Another view from above the cliff
The undercut edge = "disappearing path" it was soo high and scary!!
On saturday, we had the practice investigation, and that night we had to write our plans for our A2 courseworks in just 3 hours! It was a hectic and stressful night. The next day, we woke up at 7.30 as usual, had breakfast, made packed lunch, gathered our allocated equipments and set off to Gorah Rocks at around 10am. I personally worked on the title = "to investigate the effect of shore zones on the number of Beadlet anemones in rockpools" It was hard work, and I even missed lunch. By 3.30pm, I was finally finished (i was the last to finish) and I felt tired like I have never felt before. AND we had to climb back up the cliff to walk back to the parking space. The trek felt like it'd never end.
Nice scenery just outside the front of the Field Centre buildings
We were waiting to set off to Gorah Rocks. The building in the picture is where our rooms are as well as the classrooms.
The building where the boys' rooms are and downstairs, the dining room
Our classroom
Everyone cramming till 10pm on Saturday night
This photo was just taken this morning, whilst Marilena and I were waiting for the 'packing-lunch' bell to go. We stood there talking when suddenly, the small blue door opened by itself. We looked inside it and it was dark, but we could make out a ladder. She suggested that it was the attic. Then suddenly the door closed. We were kinda scared :P but it was funny at the same time, that the door could open and closed by itself. But it was probably the wind........
Overall the trip had been fun, and I have learnt a lot about rocky shore organisms, stats tests and that walking in the rain can be cold (hahaha.. not funny huh? ..... )
I came back from this trip with muscle pains and body aching because of the long treks, whilst carrying a heavy bag and a tray full of equipments. Conclusion = I'm sooo unfit! I need to play BADMINTON!!!
Current mood: lazy
Currently listening to: Because of you - Ne-yo
Labels: biology, photos, school trips, study, work
4 comments:
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This reminds me of my A Levels days... I went for a Bio trip too. (Check out http://ofhopeandlove.blogspot.com/2006/02/f4-forest-field-trip-friends-and-fun.html)
Hehehehe... but ours were rather lame. We had two choices - beach or forest. I chose the forest. HEhehe. I remember the quadrats and stuff... for the Biodiversity module, right? And I remember limpets!! The exam questions always mention limpets. I thought the name sounded funny. Thanks for photographing the limpets. I never knew they look like that. HAahahhaa.. what a fun trip!
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nice trip! haha
juz 1 thing though...except for the only pic of u, while others are doing Bio thingy, why are snapshooting? :P
And as for the double bed thingy, u said u always wanna sleep in one, rite? haha...how do u look at double beds now? haha
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Wow.. That was very cool.. But, I just don like to study while on a sch trip.. So lazy to study.. Haha
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we had to study no choice, coz its for coursework "not holiday" as the teachers keep stressing :)
The grey skies - a warning for the heavy rain which downpour-ed on us later in the journey
This is the view out of the window of the minibus showing the Slapton Sands
The group in the first minibus driven by Mrs. H
The minibuses trailing behind us :)
Marilena and I were the only girls who went so we shared a room (our luggages)
Marilena on the extra bed
The sink and closet in the room
The double bed, I slept on the bottom bed, whilst she slept on the top (I keep hitting my head)
Gorah Rocks = sheltered shore, where we carried out our coursework investigations
The beach that leads to the upper shores
We were in the middle shore, which as you can see is covered with seaweeds and the boys were surrounding the rockpools
Limpets and seaweeds
Limpets...
...which we had to measure the width of as a practice for the investigation of the effect of exposure on the limpet width. this is my group = luke, paul and jamie
the only photo of me in the whole trip :)
Luke with a periwinkle that was feeding on a seaweed
The other groups working hard
View from the top of the cliff which took us to the shores (Gorah Rocks = sheltered and Langerstone Point = exposed). The journey to and from the rocky shores took about 1 hour. I was sooo wiped out!
Another view from above the cliff
The undercut edge = "disappearing path" it was soo high and scary!!
Nice scenery just outside the front of the Field Centre buildings
We were waiting to set off to Gorah Rocks. The building in the picture is where our rooms are as well as the classrooms.
The building where the boys' rooms are and downstairs, the dining room
Our classroom
Everyone cramming till 10pm on Saturday night
This photo was just taken this morning, whilst Marilena and I were waiting for the 'packing-lunch' bell to go. We stood there talking when suddenly, the small blue door opened by itself. We looked inside it and it was dark, but we could make out a ladder. She suggested that it was the attic. Then suddenly the door closed. We were kinda scared :P but it was funny at the same time, that the door could open and closed by itself. But it was probably the wind........
This reminds me of my A Levels days... I went for a Bio trip too. (Check out http://ofhopeandlove.blogspot.com/2006/02/f4-forest-field-trip-friends-and-fun.html)
Hehehehe... but ours were rather lame. We had two choices - beach or forest. I chose the forest. HEhehe. I remember the quadrats and stuff... for the Biodiversity module, right? And I remember limpets!! The exam questions always mention limpets. I thought the name sounded funny. Thanks for photographing the limpets. I never knew they look like that. HAahahhaa.. what a fun trip!