Dundee U3A Wee Adventure Group

Another go at walking ourselves off a cliff edge, although most of this group of six had not been on the previous abseil.  It was a lovely day to be in the forest and we thoroughly enjoyed the morning, feeling perfectly safe in the hands of skilled and experienced leadership from Ancrum Activity Centre.  After a few abseils down the rock face, we were given the opportunity to climb up another face - most agreed it was far easier to come  down than go up!

OUR FIRST WEE ADVENTURE For our first wee adventure 6 met to abseil outside Dunkeld via Ancrum Outdoor Centre.  To settle our nerves, we had some fun with a few spins on a tree swing. After larking about we were ready to begin the day's real adventure.   Gulp! Our first challenge a mere 30ft drop down a smooth rock face.  there were nerves but after a safety briefing, the first person was over the edge, smiling all the way down.  Yes, it really was simply walking backwards - no problem at all as long as one didn't look down!  Everyone loved it and there were universal cries of "let's do it again!"  And we did, several times. Our next challenge was a 100 foot cliff face.  This time it had lots of nooks, crannies and ledges to provide more of a test.  No matter how nervous some were, we all rose (or should that be descended) to the challenge, with everyone completing at least one descent of the big one, and some had numerous trips. As t...