Extra events at camp 2014 is the 50th anniversary of Camp Ballibay and after all our campers had left, the doors were then opened up for the "Allumni Weekend", a gathering of campers from previous years (one from 25 years ago) come to sleep in the cabins, do some activities and reminiss. After the Alumni Weekend it was down to 8 people to turn the summer camp into a 4 day wedding venue. With our main chefs gone home with their children, it was down to Konstancj...

Life at Ballibay... Separate cabins for Me and Hania, I have been living in B1.5 in the Boys' Area (Down the hill of death) and Hania up in G7 in the girls' area (lush open pastures). Our roles on camp are slightly different from our first year, I am now the Dean of the Boys and don't have a cabin of kids, but need to be on call as the first point of contact if the lads have any problems, plus a bit of admin work when not teaching guitar lessons an...

Goodbye England, let's go travelling! Wednesday - the 23rd of July - the day we have been waiting for so long has already been and gone. After squzing and squashing all the things from the flat into our little car, with Hania sitting cross legged holding pans and bedding on her knees, we set off to say a final goodbye to Sylvia, Martin, Ganny Babs and Jim, leaving Ipswich for good.  After a night spent on a hard bench in London's King's Cross train...