JollyDays Supported Holidays - Blog

  Lake District Activity Centre  It's safe to say we love it here at Bendrigg! With a selection of paints and pencils we created a mural as a gift for them. There was also a table for clay with lots of tools and shape cutters allowing our creative flare to run wild. We all loved painting colourful letters and drawings of activities for our huge masterpiece, and we all agreed it was an amazing piece or art. There were also some lovely clay models of animals and vehicle, too!  Feeling brave we harnessed up and before long we were whizzing down the zip line making all sorts of funny shapes and poses.  It was off to the equipment store to get some waterproofs and helmets for our day caving in the Yorkshire Dales! We drove through some incredible scenery, pointing out more spectacular sights to look at!  Once we had our wellies and helmets on, we walked up a hill to the entrance of a huge cave. Connor and Lee explained how the cave had been formed over many years and...

  Warners (Sinah Warren) The sun shone brightly as we spent the day at the seaside resort of Bognor Regis. We walked along the promenade taking in the wonderful sea views and  pootled around the shops buying many gifts for ourselves, friends and family with lots of bargains bagged. There were so many great activities for us to join in with. First up was the curling competition, which was a new experience for everyone. We had to concentrate and make sure we didn’t push the curl too hard or too softly in order for it to hit the target. We all had a great time.  We were in chocolate heaven as the stage was set for James Parsons, a renowned chocolatier. He gave us a fascinating talk and detailed demonstration on the art of chocolate making. Luckily for us he gave out lots of free samples too….yummy! James also recounted lots of captivating stories about working as a chef for the Royal Family at Clarence House. Rifle shooting outside was on the agenda and all of us t...