5th June 2009

THE RYLEYS SCHOOL PUPILS FOLLOW IN ROBINSON CRUSOE’S FOOTSTEPS

School Trip to the West Coast of Scotland Teaches Boys How To Live Off the Land

Whilst most people head for sunnier climes during half term break, a group of seventeen boys and two staff from The Ryleys School last week headed north for the adventure of a lifetime on an uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland, near Oban.

The trip, to the Rua Fiola Island Exploration Centre - a timber cabin on a small island, part of a 700 acre private estate was the destination for the group of 10 to 13 year olds who made it their home for a week.

"The boys have had the time of their lives although I believe that Harry Hudson (year 7) won the prize for the most midgie-bites," said Pat Barrett, Headmaster, The Ryleys School.

The boys stayed for a week in a timber cabin on the shore of the island and took part in lots of different activities and challenges during the week - including sliding through mud pits, beach combing, bouncing across the high seas on a speedboat, fishing for mackerel, lobsters and langoustines, canoeing and abseiling as well as creeping as close as possible to wild deer and otters and nesting seabirds.

"The boys have had an amazing experience and have been taught how to live off the land should they ever find themselves in Robinson Crusoe's shoes," said Mr Barrett.

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