once again it was back to adam's farm in oxfordshire for the 2nd peace news summer camp.
here a parachute game to start the day off *

but first we had to set camp up which took from tuesday to thursday.
i arrived on my bike to a totally empty field and pitched my miniscule tent - not long after others arrived.

and then we had a heap of stuff to get cracking with! *

time to grab a bite as evening was looming
here beth, gabriel and mil
beth arrived by bus not only with her rucksack & tent but also with the capacious shopping trolley seen here full of food, pots, pans,plates & cutlery - what a star!

we managed our first construction to shelter some of the equipment for the night

next morning food comes first
here beth, lorna and gabriel
i tried very hard to remember people's names but in the photos that follow there are names missing. if you want your photo/name adding, correcting if i've got it wrong or removing please let me know at roy@roystpierre.com thanks. *

much time was spent putting together poles for the children's food tent. this assortment of disparate poles and fittings, numbered but many illegibly completely did my head in.
so i'm afraid i disappeared with the wheelbarrow to collect wood to soothe my troubled mind.
in the end all agreed it was impossible as many bits were missing and luckily mil got hold of a gazebo in which gabriel (the children's star) could prepare the children's food. *

adam, our farmer host came and had a bite to eat with us, before going away himself on holiday
photo by mil

a quick pow wow *