CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
It’s a few days since I last wrote my thoughts down, so I have quite a bit to tell you – and it’s not happy news. On the Monday morning after the weekend break on the moors, the whole school was brought together for morning chapel. Every member of staff looked very solemn, and for the first time, the headmaster seemed unsure of himself. We didn’t sing a hymn, but he went straight into an announcement.
“Christopher Wilkins and David Turnbull were canoeing as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. Both lost control of their canoes and were tipped into the water. Their bodies were found by the police, and their parents have been informed. It was a tragic accident, and although it may be considered ill-advised to have ventured onto the river, the ethos of our school is that
