Other threads about summer camp seem to concentrate on the songs, but they got me remembering my own golden summers at Cave Springs Camp, Beamsville, Ontario. Apart from the songs, the other Great Challenge was the Practical Joke et al.

My friend and I specialized in putting the camp bell out of action. The easiest scam was simply to tie a knot in the bell pull just above the hole where it came down into the dinner hall. That eventually got to be too simple, so we eventually had to arrange to steal the whole bell frame. (I wonder if they still talk about that one?)

We also once hid 57 newts and frogs in the camp director's room (which was only about 8 ft by 14 ft ... so that's a fair bit of reptile per inch)

The boys' camps had their own ... style? i.e. peanut butter on the toilet seat. Or cling film (saran wrap) over the outhouse ... holes? yuk

Anyway, for the sake of any Mudkittens who might be on their way to summer camp, and in the spirit of keeping traditions alive ... any useful additions? (And don't make like I'm the only one to have gloried in mis-spent summers!)

sian