Early starts

Eating HUGE pieces of cow

Knowing that we would have a long day ahead, I determined to get a good night's sleep.  Mandy and I have had a standing joke since we met about my needing to have eight hours sleep a night.  Seven hours fifty nine minutes is not enough.  She on the other hand seems to manage to stay up into the early hours, catch a few hours shut eye and then leap up at the crack of dawn with a tank full of energy.  A proper Tigger.

Tintin orders food and drinks

After eating, drinking and socialising in the site bar and having no luck with internet access, I decided to try for an early night at around 11.30pm.  We had heard earlier that the Pirates had brought along guitars and drum and were giving a private performance at the top of the campsite.  As I walked back to the tent I realised the gig was coming to an end.  Mandy was on her fourth (non-alcoholic) beer and I didn't realise until the next morning that she'd stayed up til the wee small hours participating in the after-gig activities which included space hopper races in which whatever was bet went to the winner's charity.  I wished I'd been there for the photo opportunity but luckily someone else took these.  It seems any 'fair play' rules were thrown out pretty early on ... :) 

With the commentary of the races taking place just over the hedge from our tent, Eunice (from the Tintin crew) and Matt from the Spitfire who were pitched either side of me were asking my advice about sleeping through the noise.  Handily, I had a new pack of ear plugs which I divvied out to them.  Mandy had spontaneously joined in with the race and in order to participate fully, had put her handbag (with her camera in it) on the ground.  It wasn't until the next morning that she regretted this ... 

Mandy shows them how it's done.  Tigger in a Zebra suit!