So the first trip that Butler (my program) organised was a trip to Loch Lomond back a couple of weekends ago. We took a bus to the hostel, which was a renovated castle and absolutely beautiful. They treated us to a nice dinner and then showed Braveheart. During the course of the evening, we also signed up for activities for the next day.

I ended up signing up to do Gorge Walking in the morning, with a High Ropes Course in the afternoon.

Nobody explained what Gorge Walking was before we got there. Once we met with our instructor, he handed us full waterproof suits and helmets.
To show you our super sexy waterproof gear. We quickly learned that Gorge Walking did not actually involve walking. At all. In fact, gorge walking was entirely climbing and scaling walls.

It was a much more hardcore experience than anyone anticipated, but it was a tremendous amount of fun.
You see where that waterfull goes through the rocks? That's called the Key Hole. Instead of climbing up the log, like one might assume, we each had to go under the rock and climb through the small hole instead.
Our instructor convinced us to slide down the rocks -- kinda like a slide. Seems kinda stupid in retrospect. We fully understand why they made us sign the wavers at the start of the trip after this activity, but it was a tremendously good time.
This is a picture of the whole group after our gorge walk, feeling highly accomplished.

The afternoon involved a high ropes course.

It was a tremendous amount of fun. Of course, I've been wanting to do a high ropes course for pretty much my entire life and I missed my one previous opportunity due to a sprained ankle, so I had a really enjoyable time.

After our enjoyable day, we had a nice dinner.

On Sunday, they took us to a wool center so that we could buy souvenirs and see a sheep dog display. After treating us to lunch, they took us home.

Overall it was a pretty enjoyable weekend. :)