Monday 22nd June 2009
Finishing off work
We were woken up at 7am this morning by a crane digging up the beach to make the water deeper for larger ferries. The owner of the diving centre at Chora Sfakion told us that there had been plans for ferry crossing between Africa and Chora Sfakion. How true this is we are not sure, we guess time will tell! This morning everyone was sad it was our last day in Crete but we were soon cheered up when we had croissants for breakfast over looking the sea.
Straight after breakfast we started on our tasks for today which were to complete any unfinished work, compose a video of our time here in Crete and of course, finish topping up our tans!!
The first activity we completed was our website. We made sure all the spelling and grammar was correct and then we added the last few finishing touches to improve its appearance.
Below is a video of Group 2 working on manning’s n while over looking the sea…maths isn’t as bad when your in a beautiful environment!
When we were all happy with the majority of the website, the girls put their heads together to conquer some maths including manning’s n coefficient which ultimately allowed us to calculate the peak discharge of the flood which occurred in Ilingas gorge on the 5th December 2000. Meanwhile, the boys were doing less strenuous work, (but still of course very important) taking photos on the beach!
The Beach at Chora Sfakion
After the girls had calculated their sums and the boys had all their snaps, all of us headed to the beach to film some footage for out video.
All this work was making us hungry, so in the early afternoon we stopped for a traditional Greek salad…and very good it was too!! When our tummies were full we had fun finishing our video.
When all our work was completed we sat on the beach and enjoyed some time in the sun.
In the evening, everyone on the fieldtrip had a group photograph in front of the sea. The photo reflected the close bond we had all made over the week in Crete. Afterwards we went for our last group meal in our hotel taverna. It was lovely to spend the evening all together as a group, especially as we had just received our exam results for our first year at University – Celebrations were in order as everyone on the trip had passed!
Unfortunately, before it was time for bed we had to pack our suitcases ready for our return trip to England tomorrow.
