Today was very busy and I barely had a break all day. Apart from the hottest hours of the day, in the early afternoon, which were very hot. I spent those just sitting in my camp chair, occasionally dunking my head in water, waiting for the heat to pass.

In between handing out axes and saws and duct tape and sisal twine, I was drying and re-folding tarps, after all the rain we’ve had. Tarps are apparently yet another essential component of scout camp.

When the night curfew arrived and all the scouts were in their tents and no one wanted any more sisal, I went swimming. There’s a decent beach maybe half a kilometre away from the camp, and at ten o’clock at night it was nearly deserted. I could wash, and swim, and just generally relax.