Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award
Congratulations to the 21 Year 11 Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants who completed their Silver Qualifying Expedition on the Lower Bann Canoe Trail at the weekend.
The participants paddled around 58 Km over the three days along the river which is steeped in history dating back to Mesolithic times. From the trail’s head at Toome, the river flows into Lough Beg – a beautiful area that is rich in wildlife. From Lough Beg it narrows at Newferry and acts for most of its length as the boundary between counties Londonderry and Antrim. On entering its last stretch towards the Atlantic Ocean it passes through the town of Coleraine where the pupils finished on Sunday afternoon. There were occasional moans of malcontent and the occasional tired eye, but our pupils proved themselves to have indefatigable spirit and made it to end. All participants were physically drained but elated to have proved themselves redoubtable adventurers! Well done all!