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Next up on our fun day was a little rest and a bite to eat we had set up a tarp for a small shelter because it might have rained (being Ireland it is very common) and this would then give us cover and nice dry place to have lunch . We also had a small fire pit with us so we could do a scout favourite and eat smores (chocolate digestive with a fire roasted marshmellow jammed between them) it was a great location for a spot of lunch and thankfully the rain stayed away the whole day.

The blinsman man trail was a huge success with all of us even going throught the hardest parts of it over and under branches and logs , through bushes and up and down small hills this was a great way to have fun using the forest as our play ground and very simple to set up and a great way to explore our local forest .

The blindmans trial was one of our activities we did which is we set up a course using rope from one tree to another going through various terrain like and obstacle course we then used our neckerchiefs(scout scarf) as blindfolds and followed the rope and the course.

During our survey we found lots of creatures the most common ones that we found were water snails , water bugs , Damselfly Nymphs and little fish (possibly a stickleback) we found the fish the hardest to identify but for all of us it was interesting with every dip we were unsure what was going to be brought up.

In Derrynoyd forest there is a small pond with lots of reeds surrounding it so we thought it would be a good idea and do a little pond dipping survey and see what we could find and pass our results onto Opal Explore and give them a little help on what we find.

This is all of us walking the popular treks in the forest lifting any type of general rubbish we found along the way the must common items we found were bottles/cans and crisp and sweet packets Also at every location we were in during the day we did a litter sweep leaving the area in a better place than we found it.

This was nearly all of us (1person taking the picture) doing our planned John Muir fun day in Derrynoyd forest on Sunday 4th February our planned activities was do a litter sweep along popular walks in the forest , Blindmans trial , Pond dipping discovery , Place our Bird/Bat boxes , Crate Climbing , Leaf identification and general fun all round while exploring our local forest.

Spent another cracking day at the Dean Park, led a nature ramble in the mornning then planted trees in the afternoon, such a goid feeling planting young trees.