When in Wales

Last weekend about 30 or so Richmond students took a 6 hour train to Wales for two days of adventure. We arrived after dark on and a group of us decided to go explore and try and find the ocean. After walking for over 2 hours and still not having a clue where we were we got a little frustrated. We finally came to a gate where we saw a sign telling us the ocean was in that direction. We finally found the ocean and a few of the boys decided to go skinny dipping. The next morning we got up and went coasteering. We were climbing and scaling rocks, jumping off of cliffs, swimming into caves and just enjoying the gorgeous ocean. After having a fun filled morning we went back got some lunch and got ready to take a surfing lesson. We had to wetsuit back up and take a short drive to a nice rock free beach. When we first got there we laid our boards on the sand and did a quick warm up job and stretching session. We then laid on our boards, still in the sand and learned how to paddle to catch a wave. They told us that once we catch the wave we should lift our elbows up the board and we would be doing the cobra; basically a very simple position to ride a wave in which you almost look like a cobra. After lying on our boards catching some waves we then learned how to stand up. It was a mess, we all tried to get up multiple times and would get half way up, lose our balance and fall off. Although it was technically a failure it was a bunch of fun. We just hung out for the rest of the night then got up and went hiking the next day. We hiked along the coast and it was absolutely beautiful. Wales is definitely a place that everyone should try and visit if given the opportunity.