Kids Out a great success
Wed, Jun 8th 2016 at 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Clubs get together to treat local schoolkids.
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A team of members from the Furness and Barrow clubs met up on Wednesday morning to take a group of kids from seven Barrow Schools on Kids Out, the day when Rotarians from all over the country try to to give local schoolchildren a treat. There were also two teachers in attendance to keep the group in order!
The children were looking forward to a full and exciting day with the first stop being the Lakeland Motor Museum at Backbarrow. The children had a really good look round, asking lots of questions & admiring all the old cars, motorbikes and push bikes.
Packed lunches had been organised, so after picking them up, we all travelled back down the road to the Haverthwaite Railway Station & boarded our booked carriages to take us to Lakeside. Some of the children had never travelled on a train, never mind a steam train.We got off at Lakeside & boarded the MV Teal for our trip up Windermere to Bowness. Lots of things to see and an informative commentary on the boat, while most of us tucked into our packed lunches.
We got off at Bowness, which was fairly busy and Graham had arranged ice-lollies for everyone, but towards Ambleside, the sky was black with thunder and rain.
A flash of forked lightning and spots of rain were the signal to get back to our buses. No one needed telling twice & we just got on the buses in time to see the rain sweeping down the lake.
Our journey back to Barrow was in bright sunshine, as we left the rain behind & all the children were pretty tired, with some sleeping on the way back.
All the children & teachers were so grateful for their day of “ Kids Out” as we took them back to their schools for 3pm.
A lovely day was had by all.
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