North East Weekend

Amber alert for rains on Friday morning... exciting times ahead for both the unknowing freshers and the clubs finest and more dextrous.

The weekend started with the usual GUSA bus malarkey, not a big shock on that front, and off to the shed! Kit up! The wiser off to get their fav gear whilst freshers tried boats and excitement carried on to build up (Thankfully no one forgot their boat).On the bus and off to ASDA to stock up on food, river snacks (they can save your life) and beverage (as well as some questionable not so wise food... yes breakfast curry was in the game). Arrival on site and the classic introductory game that we all love and cherish, aka ice breaker did not shy from making an appearance. Everyone was in good spirit and the chat and fun times continued, a three man tower happened and a questionable (did it even happen?) human pyramid was attempted. All and all a great night that was to everyone's taste!8am rise and shine: This was the day, breakfast curry materialised itself amongst our group of kayakers. Fully belly, happy soul! Off to the Findhorn. Some pretty solid games to warm up the body and the mind prior to the river accompanied by the best tunes. An ever so slightly emptier Findhorn than you would desire, but nevertheless a great river for freshers to SWIM, all but two swam, some more times than they would care to share. However our lovely older members also managed to save more than one swim, or empty a few boats, you know the drill.Bottom of the river, get warm get the boats off to the warmth and get ready for the best pasta of your life! Trip secretary, social sec and a Stirling cook made the lovely GUCC bunch the best Bolognese you have ever tasted (THE ultimate culinary experience, if you like eating as much as a whole family should in one sitting). Custard and Strudel were in the game, and those you really do wish you'd had. The night progressed and the games picked up again, tributes to the booty gods were payed, Bago happened, Bago won in some cases, the group got to know each other way better with a little game we all like to call "Never have I ever" and other similar things and yet again a 10/10 night!Morning breakfast, clean up (gather yourselves together) and off to The Tummel. OR at least the group though the river gods were appeased, all in all great fun in the river, but some carnage happened and rumour has it someone did not appease the gods. Bruises, cuts the usual drill plus a Kardashian worthy lip and two rather scary eyebrow injuries and a potential concussion happened on top of your usual fresher (and not so fresher swims). However morals were still high and some pretty impressive performances happened, I hear at least two hands of god took place and the group was definitely on a high!All in all it was a great weekend, and as the fresher by now you have all gathered I am I have learned that it is an emotional roller coaster on a river (In my case more in a river due to my inability to stay on my boat on top of the water) where you can experience the full range of human emotion, from fear, to excitement, anger, tiredness, buzzing, gratitude and finally pure and uttermost joy.GUCC thank you for a weekend I will not forget.