Gaisce Hike!!

Last Friday we had our Gaisce hike in Kippure, Co. Wicklow. We left the school at around 3 o'clock, but the bus got stuck so we didn't actually drive out until after 3.20 :P
The drive there was actually really short and probably didn't even take a full hour. There were three houses that we all stayed in which were all connected by a little balcony thing, but it was unstable so we weren't able to go onto it :/
We were given ten minutes to get ready before we left for the hike. We were introduced to the hike instructors and they were all really nice :) On the first day we had our uphill hike because it was scheduled for rain so we had to get this part of the hike out of the way before the weather got bad. The area was really nice, but the hike was soo tiring! It took like four hours to get to the top of the mountain and back again. The walk down was way easier than going up, but it was slippy with all the muck and everything so I kept falling over! :(
When we got back to our house, we unpacked all of our food and we realised that we brought WAY too much. There was only ten of us staying for one night and we brought enough to last us a month!! We had our dinner and it was really fun being there :) I think the time in the house was probably the best part of the hike :L
The beds weren't the most comfortable mattresses, but it was okay and after a few hours I finally got some sleep.. Then we had a quick breakfast, showers and were on our way for the next hike!! This one was much easier because it was on flat land. But there was still loads of walking and it was much boggier than the other hike. It also rained a bit. Then it was time for the high ropes :) It was really good but I was too tried to do much! I tried some things, but I didn't get very far up.
Then we got onto the bus and went home. It was so much fun and I didn't even care that it was on a Saturday :D