A PARENT of a New Milton pupil said what was once a “trip of a lifetime” has now turned into an “ordeal”, and has criticised the company behind the trip. Camps International, a Ringwood based company, are set to take pupils from Ballard School to Kenya in June, however parents have claimed they have received little communication throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and fear they won’t be able to get their money back if their child can’t go. Elaine Daniels, who has a 15-year-old daughter at Ballard School, said: “We booked the trip back in 2019, nobody knew what was round the corner.