Friday, August 27, 2010

I just HAD to post this pic of Sal and R fffffffffreeezing to death in the "lounge" part of our tent during the Swiss midsummer camp at Scuol! All the mountains around were covered in snow and we nearly froze to death! R was the only one who was warm at night because his lilo had a puncture so we put fold up mattresses under him and he wore all his clothes in bed! Sal put her thermo-rest under her mattress and I used the car mats under mine! This tent was bought three years ago because we were under the impression we would be able stand upright in the centre section - but NO! That would be too easy and we have to crouch in there which means that if its raining or cold we all end up with bad backs! I have rebelled (still suffering with the back a week later) and refuse to camp again unless we either get a STAND UP tent or a camper van! For heavens sake we are all geriatrics in our 60s and 70s so we should be able to camp with a modicum of comfort. We will also be buying a couple of blankets. Sal has a special sleeping bag which makes her look like a michelin man but we looked at it when packing the car and said "Nah! It's August so we wont need that" famous last words. She must have lain there at night shivering and thinking about it relegated to the back of the cupboard! At least if I was freezing (which I was people!) I was able to snuggle up to OAP until the next hot flush drove me back to my freezing lilo!

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  1. ahahahahahah! It sounds TERRIBLE! I too - like Sir Bob - would have drunk my way through it. How do you do these things without drinking? I even needed alcohol in Eurodisney...and.it.is.not.just.me.
    Yay you are back, mom. BLOG MORE PLEASE!

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