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What do the pupils get up to when they're not at school?

At Elie Summer Fair in Fife, one of our reporters limbers up for some kind of duel. "Gladiator Jousting" it said on the poster.

We don't have a photo of the moment of victory, but the Holmston guy, in the Quidditch t-shirt, won.

On the next few pages, we've kept some holiday photos and reports.

We've got reports on a Surprise Llama at Kirkcudbright; Vikings at Largs; the "Big Idea" Inventor Centre in Irvine; strange things in the woods in the Galloway Forest Park; some Dinosaurs in Glasgow, and there's more snake-handling, and other strange events, at Butterfly World in Dalkeith, Edinburgh.

The regular pet cats are still here and here, along with Rachael's cat.

Last, quick reports on trips to Lindisfarne in Northumberland, Life Interactive World in Newcastle, a Belgian warship, the "Westdiep", also in Newcastle, and Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfriesshire.