DAY 6

   

After a bone-chilling night full of tossing and turning at Greenfields, we all woke tired, but ready to face a new day. We started the day with toast, jam, cereal, and Zenobia ma'am's amazing tomato chutney. We then set out for a trek to the hills nearby.

 

On the way there we saw the various different formations the rocks were in, and our imagination ran wild. Some of us saw elephants, apes, dinosaurs, and several other faces in the rocks.

After reaching a reasonably clear area, we all were asked to form a circle and join hands and close our eyes. It was time for the first activity. We were going to play the classic children's game, 'Connection', with a twist. One person would start the game by squeezing the hand of the person next to them, and that person had to squeeze the hand of the next person, and this continued till the first person got the message back. The objective of the game was for us to communicate without looking at each other or saying anything.

After that, we marched on, dauntless soldiers that we were, braving the initial cold, then the blazing sun and the thorns. On the way we found some very interesting things like beautiful stones, peacock eagles and even some animal bones!

We were then given a short "munch break" in the middle (and I mean this literally).

After that it was time for the second activity of the day. We all were asked to stand in a line according to our heights. We were blindfolded, and made to hold the shoulder of the person in front of us.  We were told to walk ahead, and to squeeze that shoulder if we felt that we couldn't catch up.  This activity was again about team-work and trust-building, and taught us how to adjust ourselves to the pace of others around us.

When we finally opened our eyes, we were surprised to see how far away from the campsite we had actually come. We then had another short break, where we had to sit down, close our eyes, and reflect on all that we had learned over the weekend. That was perhaps the most beautiful moment of the trip as were all sat in complete silence, listening to the sounds of nature around us, and taking in all of its beauty.

It was then time to return to the campsite. We wearily trudged back.

There was only enough time to pack our bags, grab a quick snack and fill out our feedback forms before it was time to bid farewell to everyone at the farm and to what could quite possibly be one of the best weekends of our life.