Galium Aparine

Better known as sticky willies to Euan and Jordan here. Irritated the buggery out of Samantha after I showed them how they stuck to clothing when thrown at someone. Three miles of this was more than she could handle and I was surprised one of them didn't end up in the water before we were finished. I think at this point they'd headed up this tree over the water to escape from her (she has a phobia about fish so they knew she wouldn't follow). Never mess with a woman and her hangover.

A nice detoxifying walk around the local dam at Gartmorn though in the still sticky heat, and a perfect way to round off a perfect weekend (actually the thai green curry I've just wolfed down was a good way to round it off proper). We had a bit of debate on the curative powers of 'Dock' leaves against nettle stings after Euan stung himself whilst collecting the aforementioned sticky willies. Samantha swears they do (Ray Mears off the telly said they work, so it's got to be true apparently), but I'm sure I saw somewhere that it was just an old wife's tale. Either way, it stopped Euan going on about the stings fairly quickly.

It's going to be a struggle switching back to work-mode for tomorrow morning after the holiday atmosphere that's built up since Friday, especially if the fine weather continues. Still, only five days 'til the weekend I suppose.