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Sunday 29^th July

Olivia:

Hi,

It’s a well know fact that when 17-18 year olds go away from home on holiday, the last thing they would ever dream of using up their mobile phone credit on is phoning home. However we did get two quick calls to say that Victor was camping on a remote island off the coast of Murcia and that the tent etc was all working OK. Now after he has had good nights sleep in his own bed, he starts to paint a radically different picture of the island and the gruelling and dangerous journey they had to undertake to travel to and fro from it. It appears that the privately owned and completely uninhabited island sits in the midst of an enormous lagoon. The lagoon has been created by massive infilling and whilst it has created a great harbour for pleasure boats it has affected the ecology of the area, causing the water in the lagoon to rise to a luke warm temperature and encourage the proliferation of masses of sea weed.

They actually spent 2 nights under canvas and two days really roughing it, but it was a good character building experience and as Victor has said, he now appreciates his own home and the beautiful beaches we have here.

Next Tuesday he is due to take his driving test theory exam in the morning and then fly two Paris for two weeks.

Oh! By the way after two days and nights roughing it, Pablo the accompanying parent decided to fork out for the whole party to stay in an hotel on the coast at Mar Menor. The boys had to row a very long way in a dinghy loaded with gear. When they arrived, they were about as tired as it is possible to be, but finally they moored the boats, checked into the hotel, took a quick shower and collapsed simultaneously onto their beds. Wow that must have felt marvellous!