h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

ok, this is very exiting for me but the few people I have told dont think it is that amazing, but as I know you would all like a good reason to get exited and happy etc, etc, then I will tell you. It needs a bit of scene setting and stuff before hand though.

since I was about 7, I have been going on "wild days" which are activity day things, held outdoors, with a main themey thing, like "you are on a crashed spaceship with only a malfunctioning computer and you have to collect objects A, B, C and D to mend it and launch again" held at beale park, a small wildlife park on the side of the thames. To begin with, untill about 3 or 4 years ago (goodness, that dosnt sound very long at all), they were run by a guy called jerry (the jerry of a previous journal) and assisting him was flow. Jerry left and went to Austria, leaving Flow in charge. It was around this time that I mainly stopped going to the wild days (I was getting too old) and starting to go to the camps. These camps we WONDERFUL! yes, thats it, full of wonder! It was always wild camping, sometimes under canvas and sometimes in shelters we had built ourselves. campfire, night-games and lots of fun! we do lots of thing that other wise I couldnt do, and they dont lecture us endlessly about safety either, we are all a bit wild! I have also recently been on 2 "walking camps" the first in 2003 in the brecon beacons in wales, the second last year in cornwall, via lands end. recently (at the end of last year) they started to have some trouble with insurance (they are not the best candidates for cheap insurance - children with rivers, knives, axes and fire!) so it was not looking good for any more camps and wild days and they had to cancel the one that was going to be held in the febuary half-term.

ok, here comes the news!

a couple of days ago I got a text from flow, reproduced here in entirety:

Hello rachel, guess what, we have finally managed to find someone to run some wild days through, no camps yet but hopefully at half term. Romilly and i r going to b running wild days from 3rd to 9th of april but not on the 4th in a lovely wood in goring heath behind the king charles head. If you want to come and help on any of them it would be great to see u. x

like woo-hoo man, whoo-hoo! I reply with something like "thats wonder ful, Id love to help, Im free on all of the days!"
she replyed with: (by the way, Katy is another girl like me who has been doing camps for ages)

Hello rachel and katy, great that you can help. How do you feel about making a costume 4 a celtic day? old blankets are a good material to use. 4 better info on whats happening when, u can phone __(this number that I won't tell you all)__ and ask them to send you info on the easter wild days, if you get to speak to someone explain that u know me and u r going to help on some days, if u get an answer phone leave your name and address. It will also have info on which days phil or wolfie is running. x

like woo-hoo X2!!! so I am all exited about that now! bits of other stuff is happening but I have been typing for too long now, so I will tell you some othe time!

Traveller in Time always carrying some rope
"Goodluck on the wild days of camping !

You are going to be part of the crew? "

thank you! yes, as I am old enough to help bu not to participare as a child, I had better help!

congrats!

WOW!

Sounds cuel Th 'thing' now with every single thing peole do having to be insured up to the hilt is getting rediculus They were talking on the radio the other day that cyclists should be carrying insurance in the same way car drivers have to <boing. *leapts off a high wall without any insurance *jumps over a ravine without any insurance *climbes over a large metal fence with spikes on top without any insuracne *does some building jumping without any insurance have fun!

i agree it is getting stupid

very stupid, they think that everyone is terrified about getting hurt, which they are not!

well done on your non-insured acrobatics there 2legs!

and I have to reaserch celtic costumes so I can make one. I think that it will be very fun.... if you hadnt already guessed!

good for you

*makes a pie with Sudan I flavouring

lol

*starts playing with matches*

2legs the match maker...uhm...matching player...matches player

Hows it going?

why were you playing with matches 2legs?

To see if I could injur myself

did you succeed?

and did you?

Hoh yus!:: I cut my hand when I put them away in the drawer

simupost!