[Hooly One]

Mountain Conquered
Day 44, 19:45
Saturday 10 July

The housemates have completed their potato-peeling task

One hour into the task the troops had peeled just under half of the required amount with Sergeants Jason and Michelle driving them on to peel faster.

Ahmed came under Jason's scrutiny as he told him to speed up his peeling. The surly Private retorted that he was doing his best.

Even Stuart didn't escape Michelle's sharp tongue as she barked, "That took you 44 seconds to peel that potato - step it up!"

The team clearly took the orders on board as the peelers whisked at lightning speed over the spuds as the rain lashed down.

"It's gritty work!" muttered Victor.

And just after 7.00pm all spuds were skinned, leaving them with nearly half an hour to inspect their work.

Michelle checked there were no discarded potatoes whilst Jason ordered the team to examine the spuds for stray bits of skin.

Stu and Vic make light work of the task


"Just make sure that they're really, really top notch," he instructed.

"That was fantastic!" congratulated Michelle.

Jason hosed down the stools as the Privates removed excess skin and counted the potatoes.

Others then scooped up peelings scattered on the lawn, while Michelle stood erect with her hands clasped behind her back to oversee the operation.

If only the Privates knew what all their hard work was all for...