whew, that was a WOW of a week, full of ups and downs, fun, uplifting, draining... I got to go abseiling and kayaking and hang around playing and singing our of Rise up Singing; built a shelter, did some gardening, made a fabulous swede & cardamom soup, ate some salad (first of the season!), collected some cow manure and seaweed for the garden, led an evening reflection, and rode a bike to Fionnphort and Kintra on my day off.
The group took a lot of energy - eight 18-20 year-old male students from a Steiner school, all with some mild-medium form of autism. Mostly they were fun, funny, and brilliant, but sometimes they got overly demanding, loud, inappropriate, and, well...frustrating...and it was tricky to know how to respoind given their age and disabilities. We were very glad that they had a 1:1 ratio of staff and students.
And I'm very glad that we get two weeks off now with no groups! because I'm just "knackered". it'll be just us, the sheep and the garden and maintenance projects and some visitors... (yay Emily!)
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