Camp ended on Friday, and on Thursday we had a "council fire" which was a bit of a joke compared to the real ones, but fun never the less, aside from the one girl who had memorised some really long joke/stand up comedy act, but didn't have the right intonation or projection to get it across. After it ended, and we had sung the camp fuller song, we had smors, which was also fun. Friday was spent doing a lot of packing and preparing for the storm. I helped the boathouse staff pack away boats. Saturday we did more packing away, adn went in to town to buy necessary items, such as coke and other beverages ;) The water was sold out, and I caused a bit of a commotion, as I went into the shops in Mouse's life jacket. It got me plenty of comments, to which I responded "there's a storm coming..."
That night was the night of the storm, massive winds, and the tide rising. There was a serious threat of major flooding, which fortunately didn't happen. We did go out in the storm to appreciate the high winds, and the raging waves, at which point we decided it was time to go for a swim. We also went to watch the storm from the top of the climbing tower, which was fun, until the lightening started, and the girls panicked, and rushed down. We then went through to the hotel, where there was a speaker with music going, so we partied it up well into the night, only going to bed at about 5. We woke up at about 8 and the storm was still going strong. I went for a walk around camp, and saw all of the devastation that the storm had caused and was still causing. most of the docks where severely damaged, and there were branches strewn everywhere.
Since the storm we have been without electricity, and since the water pumps are electric, without water. Power could be back today, or it might only be restored over the weekend. So for now its real camping, along with a bit of trekking to Wakefield for internet access...
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