Tuesday started with a 7am dance party in the corridor, a fitting celebration for everyone having slept soundly all night long!   The few people who woke up early did a wonderful job of staying quiet in their beds and ensuring they didn't wake anyone else up - thank you!  Miss Jameson's room inspection took place before a hearty breakfast was devoured by all.

Our first session was paddling, which saw us all out on the water in canoes and kayaks.   Everyone took part, demonstrating fantastic determination and resilience to get to grips with how to make the boats go where we wanted!  Once we had mastered paddling sitting down we tried other ways of steering, including standing up, which quickly changed tack to lots of jumping in and racing around the boats from the sea.  The water was so warm, it was a joy to be splashing and laughing in the harbour.

After showers and lunch, we were back out at sea again, this time in groups of six children with an instructor each for keel boat sailing.   We sailed south from Cobnor towards Chichester Harbour entrance, noticing landmarks and nautical marks that we had seen from Hayling Island when we visited Beach School.   Everyone had a turn at the helm, and we all helped with adjusting the main sheet and jib sheets as we sailed in different directions.

Dinner this evening was a delicious home-cooked roast followed by apple crumble and custard.   To round a wonderful day off, we had a short relaxation time in our rooms, then headed to the field for games and a singalong around the campfire, with marshmallows!   To ensure we were absolutely ready to sleep the second our heads hit the pillow, we then went for another walk, heading south towards Cobnor Point to find interesting objects and made up stories about what their connection to the past could have been.

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