Year 5 Derwent Hill Experience
On the 11th of March most of 5ER/SL went to Derwent Hill (an activity centre in Keswick). One of the activities included the Big Swing. In order to do the big swing you would need a harness and a helmet. Once kitted up it was time to head to the giant swing. We arrived at the high ropes and were shown what to do. This is what we had to do: 2 of us had to pull on a green rope which helped the person who was having their go climb up the ladder to reach a platform on a tree. When they got to the top they would sit on a wooden seat then they would swinggggg! Once it was the 2nd persons turn 2 people would have to pull a black rope which would lift the swing itself up to the top of the tree where our team leader (in my case, Zach) would be on the platform waiting to catch the swing. Then the whole process would repeat until everyone had had a turn.
