Not a good night - the
winds were terrible, and I lay awake for most of the night listening
for the sounds of tents blowing away. I eventually got up about
6.30am, did my morning ablutions in the rain, and went round all of
the tents checking guys and peggings. And I raided some rope from the
farm and lashed the frame of "Brown and Smelly" to
our forty litre water containers just to hold the thing down a bit
better - the winds were that bad.
Having run myself ragged
I sat down for a few minutes, and woke an hour or so later. People
started getting up shortly after 9am, and after a leisurely brekkie
(which wasn't over until gone 11am) we moved some of the tents
so that they would be less wind-battered; the wind was still blowing
at seemingly hurricane force.
"Daddies Little
Angel TM" then had a driving lesson. The
car concerned probably now needs new suspension; it was bouncing
about the field quite impressively. And as Lisa arrived I tried the
first pint from the barrel that I'd brewed for the occasion. Not too
bad, really. Quite successful for home brew really. It washed down a
light lunch quite nicely. And then a particularly strong gust of wind
brought the toilet tent down. Three guy ropes snapped. Fortunately
the stuff in the bucket stayed contained in the bucket, but for a
while it was all quite exciting.
To calm my nerves I had
another pint, and the girls got the air rifles out and took pot shots
at various inanimate targets until Irene and Terry arrived. With the
wind still excessive, all hands were needed on deck to put their
tent up. Irene was sporting a very demure "Hello Kitty"
T-shirt and somehow this sparked the comment that "Tits are
horny". It was as well for humanity at large that I was
there to take a moral stance.
The last of the
residential campers arrived, and we had a spot of tea - curry. Very
nice. Very tasty. And with tea scoffed, washing up done and
collapsed campers put to bed we had a little go at the Madeira; cake
and wine. Very nice.
And so to bed shortly
after midnight....
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