Just a quick update

So I've been in Wales for just under a month now. I've had such a great time so far and the best is still to come. It's been a few weeks since I updated my blog and a lot's gone on but I'll try to keep it short....ish. So here goes:

Sam, Andy and I went down (?) to Bristol a couple of weeks ago for a conference with about 60 gaps from around this part of the UK. Everyone we met was easy to get along with and we'll be catching up throughout the year. Basically, the conference was a total bore but we were there to meet people. We headed off to the pub after it finished around 3 PM. The bunch of gaps who are at a school about 30 minutes away had to leave straight after but about 20 of us had a few drinks before we had to go home. It was awesome to meet all these people, and fortunately there are a few kiwis nearby so I'm not TOTALLY surrounded by Australians!

One of the duties I have at the school is helping out on the day trips for the boarders on Sundays. Some of the trips are kinda lame, others are pretty cool. They do things like paintball and go-karting, they visit an aquarium (one of the lame ones) and the one I went on last Sunday was to a safari park about an hour and a half away. It's a thing where you drive your own car through the park and they have basically all the African animals you can think of (some of the photos are on Facebook).

I head off to the first regatta of the year on Saturday. I'm not racing in this one, but hopefully I will be racing soon! I've been out in the boats training with the seniors a couple of times and it's been a great experience. The trainings are a bit harder than back at home but then again, these guys want to win Nationals; not just make it there like back at Coll! This regatta has all the big schools at it so it's going to be great seeing how these guys compare to the Maadi Cup back home! I'm not quite sure if I want these guys to do better than that or not...

I'm not really sure what else to write about. I think most of you get the general idea of what I'm doing by now. It's pretty much the same throughout the week and occasionally I'll do something on the weekend which is a bit different and worth writing about. I'll try a bit harder to update you a bit more but really, I make no promises. Have fun with you last month off you guys before heading to uni, and good luck to you lot who have all just started school again - make the most of this year because it is actually an awesome one and you don't want to miss out.