THE CONFIDENCE COURSE Berwick Camp - byOlivia Gold

Time flied by as I conquered the confidence course, over, under and through obstacles I went.

As Anna and I began at the starting point, I quickly started to enjoy myself. Balancing over the rails then restlessly climbing my way up the staggered tyres, then I made way along two wires a fair width apart. Next I clambered along two wires, criss-cross with each other. This took some time as the wire lowered, lower and lower until you gave yourself a wire burn on the underside of your legs. After I balanced over a long wire with a rope to hold your weight. I then swung from tyre to tyre nearly falling off, along some wire then some more wire, then a couple of logs which you had to walk across but the catch was that they were not stable. Up a tunnel of tyres which dripped water as you eventually clambered up them, over high moving steps which became slippery after a while. You then came across a log high above the ground that you had to balance across. Next came some bars that became quite slippery after a while, then you had to make your way over another long line of wire, I then casually made my way up some wooden stairs across another long line of wire then I made my way down a knotted rope which kind of gave me a bit of a wedgy. Next up the “NUT CRACKER”

I swung across the nut cracker, hanging onto a very fat rope, hoping not to let go. I landed on the net gripping with all my might I then swung the rope back to the next person in line to conquer the nut cracker. I then journeyed my way up the rope wall over the fat log. I then army rolled my way over the top net trying not to stare down, down, down to ground. After I then made my way down a wall of tyres that jiggled when you clambered down them. Next I balanced over wooden planks that were in the shape of an “X”. I then ran to the next obstacle, climbing up a wooden ladder that I found quite slippery, through a rope net that squeezed you up tightly, it helped if you knew how to perform breast stroke! I then walked across wooden stools, balanced over another wooden plank, across another line of wire and another then up a wooden pole that lead to a high line of wire, I walked slowly across the fine line of wire and finally down a large, fat, fireman’s pole.

We then all finished with heaps of burns, cuts and bruises but with smiles on our faces ready for a new start tomorrow.