Do you remember your first school trip away from home?

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I went to York circa 13 years of age.

We stayed in a youth hostel. The food was terrible, and we had to take it in turns, to wash up every night. If we needed the toilet during the night, we had to make our way through god knows, how many sleeping travellers. Our parents would have been horrified. Lol.

I still remember the day on the Yorkshire Moors, when they abandoned us in the middle of nowhere and it chucked it down. We were all soaked through to the skin. Lucky none of us developed pneumonia, on the long walk back to the Activity Centre. Still we met a few kindly sheep on the way.

But, i loved York, the city that we stayed in. We went to the National Railway Museum and the Jorvik Viking Centre. For some reason, we didn`t get to see York Minster, and then it burnt down shortly after.

It has just made me think today, as, my neice is going away on her first, away from home, school trip, fairly soon.

Or as a parent, do you worry, about your own children going away, for the first time.

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  1. Willow
    The first day trip away from home was to Hunstanton and the Sea Life Centre, but I had been there on holiday so it wasn't so great. I remember looking at the crabs and starfish, playing on the beach and having a pony ride. I was about 7 years old. My first trip away from home for a week with my primary school was to the Isle of Wight when I was 8. I remember sharing a big room with about 3 bunk beds in and not liking everyone in the room. I remember being lazy and not unpacking all my clothes, going to the beach, visiting an old building, museum, organised games and bring back this glass filled with different coloured sand I chose. It was like an adventure and looking after a bit of money too made me feel older than 8. I think it's good to go on these little trips and give children some independence. Two of my nieces have both now been on school trips to the Peak District and participated in games like climbing practice rock walls and enjoying it.
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