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Life Outside HolmstonWhat do the pupils get up to when they're not at school? In September, one of our reporters built a working rocket, at a workshop at the "Big Idea" in Irvine, which features more later in these pages.
The rocket was made from a 1-metre cardboard tube with a parachute and solid-fuel motors "just like those NASA use". The team named it "Comet Blaster", and it flew successfully, with others, right over the "Big Idea" building and into the wild life reserve beyond. Recovered, it looks like the shot above. The parachute in the nose cone didn't deploy completely, so there was a little damage. On the next few pages, we've kept some holiday photos and reports. 
We've got reports on a Surprise Llama at Kirkcudbright; Vikings at Largs; the "Big Idea" Inventor Centre in Irvine; strange things in the woods in the Galloway Forest Park; some Dinosaurs in Glasgow, and there's more snake-handling, and other strange events, at Butterfly World in Dalkeith, Edinburgh. The regular pet cats are still here and here, along with Rachael's cat.
Last, quick reports on trips to Lindisfarne in Northumberland, Life Interactive World in Newcastle, a Belgian warship, the "Westdiep", also in Newcastle, and Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfriesshire.
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