Following Common Entrance Examinations for Year 8, the group headed west with Year 7 for a week in a youth hostel on the Lizard Peninsular in Cornwall. They left behind many of the trapping of the modern world. Not a single iPod, computer game or even a radio was packed. The trip was destined be one of good old fashioned fun; only the great outdoors and the pleasure of each other’s company were to be their sources of entertainment.

The week, which proved to be the last of the summer’s sunshine, was spent on many enjoyable walks across the rugged moors of Cornwall or along parts of the South West Coast Path.