Mr Abbott turned Sir Alan Sugar as he sent Mr Harris and Sarah along with Cameron Ashworth and Barney Thorpe to Agona Junction. The concept he seemed to of come up with was a cross between Top Gear and The Apprentice with the rain it made the road very slippy for our very old Mercedes Sprinter which I'm sure has many stories to tell since it was first sold in Leeds. The first problem came after 5 miles when we became stuck and acquired the services of 10 local men who endeavoured to dig us out and send us on our merry way, this took 4 shovels and 30 minutes!
On arriving at Agona Junction the 2nd concept of the challenge took place with us having to go around and purchase 1 tonne of cement and various other building materials to start 'Abbott & Students Builders Ltd'. We successfully achieved this challenge and even managed to negotiate a 5% discount which we were most impressed with!
Back at site the students were hard at work clearing the site of tree roots and digging the footings for the buildings. As Mr Abbott keeps reminding us that it's dynamic project management as the locals change their minds as often as the wind and suddenly we were adding a store room as well! We spent 5 hours digging the footings and the locals matched our efforts as we flew through the earth in a blur of pick-axes, shovels and matlocks... At 3pm we knocked off for the day to enjoy a well deserved dip in the sea and for one group to try their hands at surfing with the local instructor Bjorn (via Sweden).
The food at night was delicious and the quiz that followed devised by Mr Osbourne provided an excellent quizmaster! The conception was fierce but Jack K, Jekin, Dan L, Tom B and Barney showed that a year extra at TBSHS really helps as the Year 13's beat all others...
Tomorrow we will be painting, making cement for the footings and making bricks!
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