Dec 11
Finally a rest day; it had felt like it would never come. It was nice not to have to get up at 6am for a change. Freddy rolled over, closed his tired eyes and didn’t wake again until 10am!
As he lay in bed, the wind beating against the tent, he thought how nice it would be to go for a hot bath. He looked at the big water pot and figured he could easily hop into it – it would be great after 4 weeks to be able to wash properly! He could see his arms and legs were getting thinner as he was losing weight with the cold and the long hard day’s skiing.
As Clare finished boiling water for breakfast, Freddy went over and asked about a bath. ‘No, Freddy, sorry – its just not possible; we only have a limited supply of fuel – I simply can’t waste it melting snow and boiling water for you to have a bath.‘
Instead she handed him a babywipe – ’use this instead, Freddy’. He looked at it in disgust – a babywipe! As he tried to clean himself, he thought about what he would do for the day…
He knew the team wanted to take photos and had heard them talking about handstands – he was sure he could manage one with Polly! At least he would try. He had also promised to show Polly how to ski – that would be fun – he couldn’t wait to see her try!
