article_snippet.sent: But the fatal decision was to try and wash the children, toddler Joe and five-year-old Anna, after arriving in a tired and tetchy state at Camping La Chapelle.
article_snippet.sent: With stubborn determination I slung the youngest over my shoulder, grabbed some towels and trudged off to the shower block.
article_snippet.sent: Instead over the next 10 days we threw we at the mercy of campsite life, simply taking the path of least resistance.
article_snippet.sent: With hindsight, we should, of course, on that first night have just thrown his wife, Catherine, and children, Joe and Anna into bed – dirt and all – and gone swimming first thing.
article_snippet.sent: The two tribes were ultimately set against each other with an evening campsite
article_snippet.sent: But not before our children had soaked our children couriers to the skin in a bizarre game involving body paint, shouting and many, many bottles of water.