I can still remember the small thrill of excitement that ran through me โ an extremely unusual emotion to feel at a school assembly! Our headteacher had just announced that our local authority was organising a three week camping trip to Niagara Falls, open to fifth and lower sixth pupils, for the following summer. I was just starting the lower sixth, so I was eligible to go. I was just starting the lower sixth, so I was eligible to go. I wasnโt even sure at that point where Niagara Falls was; somehow in my head that morning it got confused…