Pupils in Raasay Primary School undertook an overnight residential visit to Inverness and Alness. Pupils had been studying World War 2 as a topic and therefore the first visit was to ‘Behind the Radar’ in Inverness. This is an amazing underground bunker system which was designed to house 40 people for three months in the event of an attack. The bunker was a radar filter centre during the war and later was adapted for the Cold War and possibility of Nuclear attack. Pupils were given an extremely informative tour of all the various rooms – complete with authentic artefacts and exhibits. One of the most exciting aspects was the tank and helicopter situated outside which were very popular with the boys! After spending the afternoon at the bunker, pupils then ‘let off steam’ at the Infinity Trampoline Centre, followed by a meal at Frankie and Bennys. The overnight accommodation was in Alness and all were pretty tired after a very full day. The next morning a visit to the Alness Heritage Centre had been arranged. Alness was a very important area during both wars and thousands of American and British troops were stationed there – mainly to be trained in flying the Catalina and Sunderland aircraft which could land on the water. Una, our tour guide, was very informative and the boys had a chance to see lots of artefacts as well as trying out the morse code signalling machine. We were extremely lucky with the weather which was very warm and sunny for the whole time – the boys then had a chance to explore and run around in the gardens – trying out the old fashioned tricycles, before heading home to Raasay. We are extremely grateful to Dr Iain Maoileoin at Behind the Radar and Una at the Heritage Centre for giving of their time to provide the boys with a wonderful and informative experience. As always, the boys were a credit to the school, their families and themselves displaying exemplary behaviour and manners throughout.