A long story short, we all left bright and early on the Saturday morning, tears were shed when parents said goodbye to their children realising that we were only taking them for 5 days and that they would in fact have to have their child returned to them later this week.

We got on the Ferry after a short delay, our pupils went around exploring the ship, and were actually very good and got speaking to other school groups from Nottingham etc.

A few of our lads in the duty free managed to lace themselves in Gucci female perfume rather than the male and generally everybody had a jolly old time.

We arrived at our hotel at 19:20 local time and were checked in and sat down for dinner by 8.

The food selection was enormous and there was more than a little something for everybody. All you can eat if you please...

After a quick 20mins brief the students were left to their own devices. Some went to play pool, some watched doctor who and some decided to play russian roulette with chocolate pieces laced in tabasco sauce. Pupils then got their head down for the busy day that was to follow...