No lights :-(

Good morning from our last full day in Iceland :-(

Unfortunately our trip to see the northern lights wasn't successful.  We arrive at the site in the middle of nowhere about 9pm and we stayed until midnight...we didn't give up even though the temperature was minus 7 million!  The pupils were so desperate to see the lights that they insisted on staying so they occupied themselves in a number of ways.  Some of our boys decided to star gaze and promptly lay down in the snow to make the best of it.  They can now pick out the Big Dipper, Orion's Belt and the Plough.  Other members of the group found some rabbits and were discussing their adaptations to the cold and the snow.  Megan Robinson is officially the Rabbit Whisperer of Haydock as she was stroking the rabbit and managed to pick it up.  It was snuggling in her coat and our guide had some food which the pupils were feeding it.  Mrs Griffiths also organised a penguin huddle towards the end of the night for those still left out and not on the bus and we have pictures to prove it.  We got back to the hotel at about 12.30am and the pupils went straight to bed and definitely did not need any rocking to sleep.

We had a lie in this morning and didn't have to have breakfast until 9am.  Pupils are currently shopping in the town centre for presents and I have heard that one of our female pupils has just spent 7000k on 2 pairs of socks...this equates to about £35...so some very warm and posh feet are heading back to Haydock.

We are going Whale watching at 12.30pm for about 4 hours.  Pupils are very excited and we are desperately wanting to see a whale as we missed the northern lights tonight.  I will update you on our progress later.