26th August 2007
Again I woke up about 7:30, and by 8 the fire was well on its way. Breakfast of porridge, toast, and a cuppa. The boys had Frosties and toast.
After breakfast we had to restart my car. This involved pushing it into a position where we could get the jump leads to it. Will had to get in and 'drive', whilst Steve, Nat and I pushed. After some hard pushing we managed it, and got my car started.
I then trimmed back a few trees that were starting to encroach on the track.
Steve noticed that Josh had a tick on his neck. After trying to remove it with tweezers we decided to ring Barney for some advice. He said he had a removal gadget, so we went to see him. Removal is by grabbing the head and twisting in an anti-clockwise direction. Alternatively, they can be suffocated by covering them with Vaseline. Also worth treating the area with antiseptic after removal. If a red patch appears around the area then you should immediately get a doctor to do a blood test for Lyme's disease.
By now it was lunchtime so we decided it was time to stop.
Earlier today we had seen an adult and about 6 juvenile lizards. They were dappled brown/green, with the juveniles being almost brown. This area will now be known as lizard corner.
After lunch I cut some more firewood, which Steve and the boys brought back to camp. We now have a large log pile ready for this evening. We're now about to head down to Fernbank for the boys' fire building challenge. Josh's fire was the most efficiently built, although it wouldn't light until rebuilt. Ben's lit straight away and was the most artistic. It burnt really well and was the overall winner. Nats was the most architectural and was a classic cone fire. He would have been been joint winner if he hadn't tried to form a newspaper fuse. Will's was the most dangerous. It took a rebuild and three attempts to light it. Once lit it burnt quite a bit of the surrounding grass. It also shot shale out from the fire. 1st place went to Bem, 2nd to Nat, and equal 3rd to Will and Josh.
Returned to The Hollies and had a Mars Bar before getting the fire going again. Tonight we're having chilli with rice. Mince with Homepride chilli sauce and baked beans, served with a tortilla wrap and a cup of tea.
Steve saw a large red Damselfly at Fernbank. Night before last I heard a Barn Owl to the Southwest. We identified the frog/toad last night as a common toad.
Whilst sitting around the fire, Ben asked what the metal stand we had been using for cooking was called. I didn't have a name for it. Ben said that as it had "Jeff" written on it, we should call it Jeff. So that's its name!
After breakfast we had to restart my car. This involved pushing it into a position where we could get the jump leads to it. Will had to get in and 'drive', whilst Steve, Nat and I pushed. After some hard pushing we managed it, and got my car started.
I then trimmed back a few trees that were starting to encroach on the track.
Steve noticed that Josh had a tick on his neck. After trying to remove it with tweezers we decided to ring Barney for some advice. He said he had a removal gadget, so we went to see him. Removal is by grabbing the head and twisting in an anti-clockwise direction. Alternatively, they can be suffocated by covering them with Vaseline. Also worth treating the area with antiseptic after removal. If a red patch appears around the area then you should immediately get a doctor to do a blood test for Lyme's disease.
By now it was lunchtime so we decided it was time to stop.
Earlier today we had seen an adult and about 6 juvenile lizards. They were dappled brown/green, with the juveniles being almost brown. This area will now be known as lizard corner.
After lunch I cut some more firewood, which Steve and the boys brought back to camp. We now have a large log pile ready for this evening. We're now about to head down to Fernbank for the boys' fire building challenge. Josh's fire was the most efficiently built, although it wouldn't light until rebuilt. Ben's lit straight away and was the most artistic. It burnt really well and was the overall winner. Nats was the most architectural and was a classic cone fire. He would have been been joint winner if he hadn't tried to form a newspaper fuse. Will's was the most dangerous. It took a rebuild and three attempts to light it. Once lit it burnt quite a bit of the surrounding grass. It also shot shale out from the fire. 1st place went to Bem, 2nd to Nat, and equal 3rd to Will and Josh.
Returned to The Hollies and had a Mars Bar before getting the fire going again. Tonight we're having chilli with rice. Mince with Homepride chilli sauce and baked beans, served with a tortilla wrap and a cup of tea.
Steve saw a large red Damselfly at Fernbank. Night before last I heard a Barn Owl to the Southwest. We identified the frog/toad last night as a common toad.
Whilst sitting around the fire, Ben asked what the metal stand we had been using for cooking was called. I didn't have a name for it. Ben said that as it had "Jeff" written on it, we should call it Jeff. So that's its name!
posted by Graham | 14:05
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