A mother has hit out after disappointed children were sent home early from a long-awaited school trip to Llangrannog when they fell ill. Year five pupils from Ysgol y Castell in Caerphilly were meant to stay for five days from Monday to Friday, May 19 at the activity centre run by the Urdd.
The mother, who does not want to be named, claimed there was no hand soap in the basins and bathrooms near the children’s rooms and the swimming pool water was dirty and “cloudy”. She drove down on Thursday to pick up her son and bring him home after he caught what she said was a stomach bug going around.
The Urdd confirmed the Ysgol y Castell five-day visit was cut short early and said it has referred the matter to the local council environmental health department. It added refunds will be given for days missed, and stressed the centre implements a "very high standards of cleanliness".
