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In September, Fifth Form geography students embarked on a trip to North Wales and other areas to collect fieldwork data for the UK physical landscapes section of our GCSE course. We were accompanied by our teachers, who were nice enough to put up with us for three days, and we spent three days exploring and analysing many ecosystems and places while accumulating valuable data.
On the first day, we visited Shrewsbury, a town just outside of Wales, and evaluated if their flood scheme was worthwhile and effective. We did this by asking around local businesses, assessing advantages and disadvantages and looking in depth into the various aspects of the scheme and seeing how they worked. This allowed us to really understand how the town adapted to the effects of flooding. Arriving in this historic town was super exciting, because we got to explore the area while doing our fieldwork.
On the following day, we visited Cwm Idwal, in Eyri (Snowdonia). On our day out, several pieces of data were collected to answer the question; how does tourism impact Cwm Idwal? We did this by doing a pedestrian count in various areas around the lake, environmental quality surveys and asking people questions to find out the purpose of their visit. Aside from the fieldwork, it was great to explore an extremely beautiful and exciting landscape.
On the last day, we visited the Ash Brook River, in Carding Mill Valley, to find out how it changes as you go downstream. We measured the depth, width, and speed in systematic locations down the river. After this, the data was accumulated to create graphs and tables. The accommodation was amazing and a great space to hang out and relax after days of walking and collecting data. Even though it was a long weekend, I really enjoyed it and loved exploring new and interesting places.
Evie M, Fifth Form