Our first full day

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Everyone seems to have settled in nicely, and we've had no more than the usual minor camping calamities to deal with - some wet feet, some blisters, some scrapes on knees, that kind of thing. All very easy to deal with. (Students, if any of you discover more blisters in the morning, I've got an easy potion for that handy.)

The charms lesson this morning went very well: I was a little worried it might seem too much like term time, but everyone seemed to get into it quite nicely. (And of course, charms for getting your campfire to burn evenly, or to charm fish out of the stream are rather more fun than some of the standard textbook ones, in my opinion.) We made good use of the charms to make our lunch and dinner, and everyone is, I think, enjoying the novelty of cooking our own food.

This afternoon's hike, we had some lovely weather, and it was clear enough we could see quite a bit of the surrounding countryside from our midpoint on the top of the tor. Even with this many people around, it's still very peaceful, and the space has allowed us to spread out a little into individual groups and conversations quite comfortably. We also saw some blackberry bushes, but regrettably, none of them are quite ripe yet, or we'd have had a lovely bit of dessert this evening.