We've done quite a few activities over the past few weeks, but trampolining was alot of fun!! Our instructors  from AAA were brilliant and really knew what they were doing and helped us a lot. I did feel that I wanted to fling myself around like on a bouncy castle but found out very quickly that that wasn't possible. We were taken through a few basic moves before putting them together (I'm not as flexible as I was when I was younger!) Then the instructors showed us a few of their more complex moves which was very impressive, there was no way Marie and I could have done them.  As for the cheerleeding there wasn't much we could do in a pair, but we did some poses and basic lifts, and it wasn't just me lifting Marie either, bless her!! I can highly recommend this, and we even got certificates to prove we completed stage 1 (there are 15 stages mind!!).

I'm not one of the most co-ordinated people in the world but who cares when it's this much fun!  Like Mark, I thought you could throw yourself about like a bouncey castle but you really do need to be quite aware of what you're doing or you go hurtling in the opposite direction than you meant.  The guys showed us how it was done and it was really impressive, you get an appreciation for just how fit and agile you have to be to do this properly.  The one thing we particularly enjoyed was the magic carpet which you can see in the video below!  Cheerleading was fun too, we all got a kick out of seeing Mark with pom poms :) and we got to do a few moves and stunts to give us a feel for it.  We both got certificates and badges at the end of it all which felt like getting school swimming badges all over again haha, we just need something to sew them to now!

The last time I did any skiing was when I was about 10, and I clearly haven't remembered anything. I thought I'd be ok at this but it was much trickier than I thought. My instructor started me off slowly at the bottom of the slope and we worked our way up. One of the first things he taught me was how to stop, which was handy; didn't stop me from falling over twice though! Which I think isn't too bad, I expected it to be a lot more. Unfortunatley I didn't make it off the training slope, but I reckon given another hour I would have been flying down the full slope!! I had loads of fun and can highly recommend it.

I'm terrified of heights, so I didn't think I would enjoy this at all but I was so wrong!  It looks daunting when you first see the walls but Johnny (our instructor) showed us how safe the harness and ropes are and once you throw yourself into it, you're so busy focusing on the next hand and foot hold that you don't even notice the height.  I was brave and had a peek down from the top though!  Not only do you get a great work out (I feel like I've been 12 rounds with Tyson this morning) but it's so much fun that you don't even feel like you're exercising.  Definitely something I'd recommend, especially if you're looking for a fun way to keep fit and don't fancy the gym!

I loved doing this, couldn't believe how high some of the walls were when we walked in,
and did start to think whether it was such a good idea!
Our instructor Johnny was great though and started us off small and we worked up to the
bigger ones. We got up to 36 foot which I think is impressive!! and doesn't feel high
until you start to look around!!
Thought my arms would hurt more this morning, but they are better than I thought.
Would definitley do it again.