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Prince William Sound, Alaska. July 2010.

04-08-10

Prince William Sound, Alaska. July 2010.

2 weeks in Alaska – which included 9 days of paddling in Prince William Sound, a day trip to Denali National Park (we saw chipmunks, a moose and 2 beavers), a 22 mile mountain bike along the Anchorage coastline, numerous seals and cheeky sea otters and one black bear. What an exciting way to spend the first 2 weeks of the school summer holidays…

… and so with the shuttle boat loaded and with all 7 kayaks precariously balancing on the roof of the boat, we motored out of Whittier towards Derby’s point. Within no time at all, we were off – paddling at over 6km an hour with  a gentle breeze on our backs. In the space of a couple of hours we had fished, caught dinner and made it to the first of the camping spots - a small spit at the most southern tip of Culross Island.

During the 9 days,  we paddled over 150km, most of which was in the mist and rain! (this added a mystical feel to the glacier day) Thankfully we were blessed with 4 good sunshine days, during which we dried kit, explored glaciers, washed below huge waterfalls and watched as a small black bear foraged on the beach in front of us.

For more memories and exciting stories of our trip (including the fishing contest between Ian Lloyd-Jones and Henry, and hearing bears around our tents on the final night), you had better ask the group. I would however like to thank the group for being so fantastic (the best group to explore Alaska, by far) and for keeping team morale up when everything and everyone was wet and cold.  A awesome trip, a fantastic group and memories which will last a lifetime.

The Group – Cai Anwyl-Williams, Cara Anwyl-Williams, Lleucu Anwyl-Williams, Henry Noakes, Rob Ketley, Alastair Lloyd-Davies, James Oram

Uganda Update 2010

27-07-10

Uganda Update 2010

A Huge team gathered in Kampala this summer, combining a group which drove vehicles across Kenya to be delivered to our projects plus the extensive pupil teams.
Two groups are now safely back in UK, the Kenya Drive Team and one of the Pupil Teams.  A further team returns on 3rd August and will have spent an extra two weeks working on our campsite projects and the Maternity Site.
We have left Zoe Calder Rodd out there for 9 months and she will be joined in September by Hannah Illidge.
Past pupils Alice Haydon, Caroline and Rebecca Bayliss (now architects) arrive in Mid August for a month to train the local team in building the Maternity Centre to build to their architectural drawings.
Links to a full set of pictures and blog news can be found at http://link-international.org/timsblog/?tag=uganda-2010

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