Okay, this is a man on the moon, with two eyes, a nose and a mouth.

Year 9 Camp is officially over. We had memorable times, laughing with each other and at each other, helping one another- it was great.

I personally, wasn’t too excited to go to camp. Sleeping in tents, digging a hole for a toilet, no showering for days- it didn’t seem fun, let alone enjoyable. Yet, I’m glad my friends dragged me to go, what an experience we had!

Take Uhz for example. It was night time of the second night, and as per usual, everyone took out their torches. Except for people like me, who had no torch due to lack of batteries. After our instructor lit the fire, we turned off our torches, because we’re so environmentally friendly, and put our torches in our pockets. Yet… it seemed so bright! We looked around… and glanced at “Big Kev”, and we immediately saw his pants. Okay, not a pretty sight. His pants were glowing! HAHAHAHA. We laughed so much and for so long. But I guess, it was one of those you-had-to-be-there moments that really make it worth laughing at.

We went to York Hill, our first campsite, only to find… A SHOVEL!! And we all panicked, thinking that we had to dig holes and pee in front of the horses and cows and donkeys and alpacas. Only to see a toilet. A wave of relief swept over us, until we opened the door… and looked down the toilet… and saw other people’s waste piling up from the ground! And it was extremely hard to miss the stench coming from the toilet!

The food was much better than I had expected. We had nice bread and a nice salad for lunch, which we fed to the farm animals because we didn’t even come close to finishing it! After feeding the donkeys, EEY AND ORE, and the horse, we walked back to our campfire, only to hear a STAMPEDE OF COWS eager for more food! We had toasted marshmallows, which Tom missed out on! Crispy outside layer with a soft inner part which melts in your mouth, especially nice on a cold day AND hot chocolate with a “special ingredient”.

We learnt how to put tents up, which weren’t soundproof. Kaustaub running laps super early in the morning, which sounded like a panting horse from our tent. Singing the C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E S-O-N-G with Spongebob was fantastic, imagining we had a guitar, laughing at lame jokes about each other, and most of all, learning how to cooperate with one another. Memories which will last forever...