Friday 24 June 2016 was a day of mixed emotions for a group of 16 individuals on the North Lake District and unlike for many in the country, this had nothing to do with a certain referendum result. Instead, it was because Back Up's Lake District Multi-Activity course was drawing to a close Rachel Tucker, a Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell's London office was one of the buddies on the course.
Here is her story...
For our first full day we were to ascend and descend one of the highest
peaks in the Lake District – Latrigg. Thankfully the sun shone and we
completed the push in record time. Over the next two days the group
was split into two.
On Monday, my group spent the day on a lake. We tried our
hands at sailing in the morning and then kayaking/canoeing.
We had a really useful wheelchair skills session on the
following day which gave the group the opportunity to
master their back wheel balances and tackle high curbs. In
the afternoon we did some rope work which saw a number
of individuals tackle their fears of heights with rock climbing
and abseiling galore.
On Thursday, the group came back together and everyone
had a go on the zip wire. The weather then took a turn for the
worse, and the campsite was challenging to say the least. We
then set up camp for the night and certainly didn’t let the rain
dampen our spirits.
Friday was our last full day and, after we had packed away our tents,
we headed back to the Calvert Trust sports hall for one last activity – the
rope swing. What a great way to end the week!
The course was a fantastic success and everyone in the group went home proud of the things that they had achieved and the skills
they had learnt. It was however brilliant to see how everybody developed over the week and I cannot wait to do another course –
city skills in Edinburgh anyone?
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