Bolten Abbey

Today I went to Bolten Abbey. At 10:00 we set off and packed with food we set of it took 1 hour when we reached the road was up and down up and down it was a bumpy ride when we reached it cost 10 pounds for parking so when we  reached there we played many games first game i don't know the name but it i like this everyone stands in a circle once then a person says 1 2 1 2 to each player so number 1 needs to go inside and face to a partner then the captain blows the whistle then number 1  goes clock wise and number 2 goes anti clockwise then the captain can blow the whistle any time but when he does we have to find our partner and run across one pole then run to another pole who ever is first wins. Next game was called ravan raja ram or something like that so one team is called ravan another team is ram  if the  captain will say ram then ravan will catch ram and if the captain will say ravan ram will catch ravan that means one team will catch the other team but if the captain says raja then we have to stay on one place. Once that was over we payed bakri shair that means lion and goat so there has to be many people so 5-10 or more people have to hold hands and form a circle ( that is a gate ) then there will be 1 lion and rest are goat inside the fence then the gate has to block the lion from eating the goat if the lion gets in the goat has to run out the gate can let the goat out but not the lion the lion has to catch until he gets everyone .We had a 5 minutes break after that we played kho kho  it is played like this Each team consists of 12 players, but only 9 players take the field. A match consists of two innings with each inning consisting of chasing and running turns of 9 minutes each. One team sits/kneels in the middle of the court, in a row, with adjacent members facing opposite directions. The runners play in the field, 3 at a time and the team that takes the shortest time to tag/tap all the opponents in the field, wins. There is a pole on each end and the runner can go between two players who are sitting in zig zag manner, but the chaser is not allowed to turn back while running and go between the players. But chaser can go to pole and touch it and can go back or go to other side. we had lunch after that then most adults and few children played cricket while me and my friends climbed up a small hill then more people started following us. We went for a walk to a stepping stones me and my friends went 3 times then we went home.