Day 3 of Camp

Up at the crack of dawn, no really I was, 5.15am woke up and do you think I could get back to sleep. I know it was early because there was no children around. By the time I had managed to go and get a coffee I was feeling a little more with it. The early start gave me a chance to get a few pics into the previous blog.

Today was a quiet day in that we only had one round of activities planned, with a beach walk in the afternoon. The problem is the weather did not oblige and we had some light rain. Luckily for us we had nearly finished the the days activity before it got going but it did put a stop to the beach walk. We did have something in the wings however and that proved a hit with the kids in more ways than one. It is amazing the power that is contained in a small cling-wrapped packet of S/R flour. However before we go to far into that lets have a look at my groups' adventure on the 'Glider Possum'.

A fairly simple concept tie a kid to a rope that runs through a pulley system attached to a tree. Add a whole bunch of kids to pull on a rope and there you have it a small child hanging from a tree branch whooping and screaming like a Bay City Roller fan. Simple, safe and great fun for the children, best yet all run by highly trained outdoor ed specilists.



The Flour War

Well it had to happen,what with tensions rising in camp it was only a matter of time before things escalated into open war. As you will see in the end right won out over wrong and Miss Clough and my self were clearly the winners.



Not long after that Miss Brown and Mr Craig arrived so that they could spend a little time with us. The children were happy to see both. As an adult it is easy to forget that a couple of days can seem like along time to a young person. So on a couple of occasions I was looking around for the second coming,when Miss Brown came into the room. Mr Craig was able to stay for dinner and for our camp talent show.

more about that tomorrowfallingasleep here.