Terribly British Summer Camp Problems
With our funny accents, love of Attenborough and an infamous need to queue - here's our list of the top fun British problems we all face at summer camp.
Us Brits have the best time at summer camp. We get to take our culture (David Attenborough) passion (Freddos not being 10p) and love of all things distinctly British (Cheeky Nandos)... all the way across the deep blue sea.
We’re loved for our funny accents, our sarcasm and our need to constantly grumble about the weather.
So here’s a good dose of our British humour with a list of all the problems we love to hate at summer camp.
· Greeting campers with an “alright” and getting a serious answer about how they feel
· Trying to be healthy but it’s grilled cheese for lunch and you’re weak
· British skin being the top pick for bug bites… even when you wear insect repellent they still find a way
· The sinking feeling you get before your swim test and realising you haven’t actually swam properly since you had lessons at the local leisure centre.
· A simple headcount taking 3 days
· No-one understanding when you say ‘Rubbish’ or ‘Wellies’
· Being more tired after a day off
· When your friend can’t take you on a golf cart joy ride as they actually have work to do
· Losing your 14th water bottle even though you promised yourself you’d keep this one safe
· Repping a solid watch tan 2 months after camp ends
· When you can’t remember your home address but you’ve got your camp zip code locked down
· Walmart becoming a night out… you might even wear your jeans
· When you ask for tea at a diner and it appears with ice cubes in it
· Admitting you know how to hair braid and suddenly having a waiting list 5 campers long every morning
· Realising you’re not very popular on the 4th of July
· The horror you feel when Americans tell you Hershey's is the best
· When your campers get care packages but Mum says British postage is too expensive to justify Percy Pigs
· When it rains at camp and everyone asks you “does it feel like home”
· Trying to explain a cheeky Nandos to your co’s
· When campers can’t get enough of asking you to say “water bottle”
... (and you realise you’ve misplaced bottle no.14)
· Grabbing a cake square for dessert and the first bite revealing it’s cornbread
· Having no clean staff shirts as you’ve either cut off the sleeves or jazzed them with tie-dye
· Finding resealable M&Ms invalid as you always ‘accidentally’ finish the bag
· Campers talking about fall reunions and knowing you can’t be there…
· Trying to keep it together but absolutely bawling when you have to say goodbye.
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