Drimnagh Castle News - Trips Archive

TY Trip to Delphi

This year the transition year students went on a trip to Delphi in Galway. The trip was part of our presidents award. To achieve this award we had to go on a 23km hike. That was only one part of the award. The trip was a great experience and lots of fun.

Getting there: On the 11th of September we headed down to Delphi. We all met up at Heuston station to get ready for a long journey . At 7:10 we boarded the train and took our seats. Everybody was excited and lively. On the train we played card games like Uno, switch, 21 and many more. The view from out the window went from many buildings and houses to fields and animals very quickly. After a 3-4 hour journey and one change of train we were in Galway. Unfortunately we still had a one hour bus to take. Most people fell asleep on the bus so it was a quiet and boring journey compared to the train, But after all of that we were finally there.

Day 1: When we got there we went straight for lunch while we waited on our rooms. Each room held 10 people. 5 bunk beds. As soon as we got our rooms we got ready for our first activity. Kayaking. We had to wear wet suits, life jackets, and a helmet. The wind made it impossible to move the way you wanted to. It also caused a few people to fall in!! After nearly two hours of kayaking we went to dinner. The food wasn't the greatest but that didn't stop us from enjoying our week As our afternoon activity we went on a walk through the woods. Not much happened besides us looking at a few trees.

Day 2: This day will be remembered for a lot of people for one reason only. Results day. That's all most of us cared about. But before we could get our results we had to do a Zip ’n’ Trek which was … scary to say the least. (I don't like heights) and surfing which was my favourite activity we did. The highlight of the day was when TY was split into two teams. We played games and made them so competitive. We made skipping competitive. Yes SKIPPING!! Anyway afterwards we were all friends again .. I think. Also a huge congratulations to everyone who got their results.

Day 3: The reason we were here. The hike. 23 km of walking. 23 km of tired legs, moaning and loads of fun. We started at nine in the morning. Split into 2 groups and taken to opposite sides of the walk. Our start point was their finish and vice versa. Why would we do this? Once we completed it that was 1/4 of our presidents award finished. It was long, it was tiring but it was worth it. We finished at five in the afternoon. After our walk we had a campfire where we told stories about our self and really bonded together as one big group of friends.

FINAL DAY: Our final day included a few games and a lot of sadness. We did not want to leave. But unfortunately we had to. We packed up and left our rooms. The bus was waiting and we started our journey home. Everyone was tired and you could hear a pin drop because most people were asleep. Once we got back to Dublin we parted ways and went home.. A huge thanks to Mr.Kelleher, all the staff at Delphi and the boys from TY for making it such a great experience.

By Ben Norton

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