Our First Encounter

After meeting in Glasgow Central, 14 of us embarked on our Arran adventure. A wonderful ferry ride later across the calm Firth of Clyde we all arrived into a bustling Brodick and headed along the beautiful coastline to our accommodation at Shore Lodge. After a tour of our accommodation we settled down to some icebreakers and team building activities. They worked- #banter is already flowing!

The purpose of our stay on Arran is to complete the John Muir award. This is an award based upon environmental conservation, set around four key strands- Explore, Discover, Conserve and Sharing. We also learnt about Muir's life and his actions relating to the world of conservation. Throughout the week, several skills have been allocated amongst the group. Plaudits must go to the kitchen team of James and Simon who cooked a wonderful dinner which was readily consumed, as you can see below! 

Tomorrow we start the award, exploring the diverse landscape found here on Arran looking for rare Whitebeam Trees only found on Arran. We also plan to visit the Brodick Highland Games in the afternoon and hope to see some fine caber tossing.

We are all settled down for the evening now, watching a film under our duvets! We all look forward to the next week on Arran and hope for some good weather.
-Your blogging team for tonight- Lewis, @willwhitehowe and @evaneurovision.