'Last-night' Castle and Campire Fire

Although not for our last night (sadly mine), we had a great spread of wonders to go out with a bang - fire, chocolate oranges, and a bouncy castle!

Fire: It is orange. It flickers. It makes soot for fire warrior streaks!
Oranges: They are orange. They make good cake - and good juice! They provide string hats for fire warriors!
Bouncy Castle: Coolness personified - enough said :)

We had a great time lighting the fire with matches that were too short and matchboxes with no sandpaper - and once we got it going, the inevitable pokey stick and Italian accents were quick to arrive. The chocolate orange cakes (supposedly how we always make them) were tasty tasty stuff, although tongue burning :)

But nothing tastes as good as juice you've squeezed yourself through a clean dishcloth with a large plastic spoon, so this is what we set about doing! Hours and hours of labour later, 'I hear tinkling!', and voila! Orange juice!

And the bouncy castle..... Needed rescuing, because it sank, but once fixed - thank you castle man! - it was fun - very fun to bounce Pippa around like a helpless ragdoll, haha!

It also made a perfectly safe place for Maria to make her promise, and luckily, no-one was stabbed while we sank lower and lower into the ground....

And I still want to know who the people in the mysterious cupboard were...

Next week, campfire, and I personally will see you all later - so have a great summer!