The workshops have always been sweatshops, although the weather has usually been so bad nobody has actually sweated. Anyway the anti-slavery society has been round and they're satisfied that the conditions don't break all the rules in the book. Just most of them.

A pleasing addition this year will be the presence of a fella with a bloody big drum and a couple of muscle bound slavers with whips to make sure everyone rows in sync. I think that's a good idea after the mess of previous years. Remember when we ended up on a sandbank and there wasn't any sand?