Last night I wasn't the
last one to go to bed. I had a bit of a sniffle, and was hoping it
wouldn't develop into something worse. So I took myself off to bed. I
woke feeling surprisingly chipper. I was pleased about that.
A spot of early morning
fishing, a bit of tent tidying, a Stilton omelette, and soon we were
all busy packing up the camp site. I was rather miffed as I took my
tent down. Again I found that the footprint groundsheet of our tent
had done precious little other than to have collected a small lake of
water under our tent; thereby delaying packing the tent away by at
least half an hour whilst we waited for the thing to dry. This isn't
the first time that something like this has happened. I am seriously
considering abandoning the whole concept of footprint groundsheets.
And just as we were about to bring down our mess tent the rain
started. So the tent has been left up. We'll get it down in a few
days once it's dried.
And so with much of the
gear safely into storage, the camping season is over for another
year. There is talk of a week-long camp next year; depending on what
happens with the August Teston kite festival. But next August is
still a year away. There's lots of more immediate stuff to worry
about before next August's holiday. Geocaching outings to be planned
for next weekend; a cycle trip to be fitted in some time in the next
month, and then I really need to start getting organised for this
year's bonfire season which will be upon us all too soon; I have
promised to supply five gallons of banana ale for one of the events.
And another possible
outing was suggested as we watched an episode of "Time Team"
today which featured an excavation at Shorneclife Redoubt. I didn't
know that there was a redoubt at Shornecliffe. I might just have to
investigate that...
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