Family Challenge

The family challenge was 2 weeks ago at Sanctuary Farm in Naivasha. It is a series of challenges over 2 days and you camp overnight. It raises money for The Kamili Mental Health Organisation. 

 This is our campsite. It was Beth's first time sleeping in a tent....

 This is me and my friend Isobel climbing on a fallen tree by the campsite.

I was in a team with daddy and Ruth and some other Greensteds students. Mummy, Sam and Beth were in a different team. We had to do 12 challenges. Daddy had to drive a tuk tuk for one of the challenges. This challenge was called Panya Route. We had to solve a puzzle by moving cars around so the ice cream van could get out.

This challenge was called Plug The Dyke. We had to fill the pipe with water to get a ping pong ball out from the bottom. But the pipe was full of holes, so we had to put our fingers in the holes. We got very wet. My favourite challenge was called Sinking Feeling where you had to find a route across a grid of carpets without stepping on the sinking ones.For each challenge you were awarded points out of 10 for completing the challenge and points out of 10 for teamwork. 46 teams took part. We didn't win but it was lots of fun. 

What's life like in Kenya - part 2

I am now back in Kenya after the summer in England. These are some things I noticed that are different in Kenya.

These are shops made from shipping containers. Sometimes shops are just made from sheets of tin or 

wood.

Lots of people in Kenya travel by motorbike. There are also motorcycle taxis. People do not often wear helmets though so it is not very safe.

These are bicycle taxis. They are all waiting for customers. Lots of people travel by bike and they use them to transport all sorts of things around. We once saw a sofa being carried on the back of a bike!

These are tuk-tuks. They are basically mini taxis. They only have three wheels. They do not go very fast and they are not very comfortable. But they are cheap. We often see them carrying very big loads.

Lots of houses and shops are brightly painted to advertise things such as coca-cola and weetabix. This is a very colourful one that I took a photo of.

In Kenya, animals are not usually kept in fields. Instead, people graze their sheep, cows, donkeys and goats on any land they can find, often just at the side of the road. It is someone's job to stay with the animals all day and make sure they stay off the road.

Greensteds Triathlon, June 22nd 2015

This is where me and Sam did the triathlon. It was my first triathlon. Me and sam were in the race for year 1,2 and 3.

This is Sam swimming. We had to swim 25 m.

This is me in the lead. I won the swimming phase

In transition we had to put on shoes and a t-shirt, then run to the bikes. This is me in transition.

This is Sam in transition.

We had to cycle 1.5km.

 

Then we had to run 500m.

This is me finishing. I came 3rd overall, and was the first girl.

I got a gold medal for being the first girl in the year 1,2 and 3 race.

Holiday to the Masai Mara Game Reserve - 24-26th May 2015

In half term me, Sam and Daddy went on holiday to the Masai Mara game reserve.  Mr Pearce my science teacher came with us and he took most of the photos because he has a good camera.

This is me at the swimming pool at Intrepids the camp we were staying at.

We saw lots of animals.

This baby elephant is very young and it is drinking from a muddy puddle.

The most amazing thing we saw was a lion in a tree. Lions are not supposed to climb trees!

We saw 20 lions altogether and I spotted 3 of them.

                                     

This is a spotted hyena. We also saw a dead hyena on the road. Maybe it had been run over.

We also saw some giraffes fighting by knocking their heads and necks together.

We went to the kids club and did tracking with Chief. We found hyena prints on the floor.

Then we filled the prints with a mixture of flour and water, called plaster.

We waited for it to set.

This made a cast of the Hyena prints which we took home.

We also saw a family of cheetahs : a mother and 4 Cubs.a 

This bird is a lilac breasted roller.

This is a jackal.

This is a vulture. I took the photo.

This is a crested crane.

I liked the Masai Mara and my favourite animal was the lion up a tree.