1. Somehow the club manages to lose . . . I still can't believe this . . . the trailer!!! Ooops, guess we can't bring many boats now . . .

2. The minibus leaves so late that by the time it gets to the campsite, the entirety of the Poly is completely pissed.

3. The time on the minibus ride is filled with reading aloud sex positions from "more!", taking a quiz to find out everyone's personal sense of fashion, reading horoscopes, brushing and platting each other's hair, and listening to constant rude jokes from Simon.

4. You sit on the beach in your sunglasses and bikini . . . even though you have to wear trousers, a jumper and a jacket over it to stay warm in the chilly, cloudy, sometimes drizzling weather!

5. BBQs on the campsite!

6. The English (and French, Welsh, Irish, Scottish and Russian) members of the club get introduced to S'mores.

7. There's a random drunk 12-year old boy wandering around the campsite that the canoe club has corrupted.

8. Becky, Caroline, Jo and Ava (AKA The Bengals) drag everyone to kareoke night at the local pub where more than half the club makes fools out of themselves in front of the whole town. (On the way to the pub, the girls have a 30 minute-long conversation about flying penises!)

9. The long, cold walk to the pub seems amazingly short and warmish on the way home.

10. The club President and Secretary are the last one's out of the tent every morning (what's that sexy secretary been up to?!?!?!).

11. Lee, Nic, Katie, Gareth, Tom, Laura and Garth aren't there!!! (just kidding guys, we missed you!)

12. You eat so many cream teas and Cornish pasties that you feel like you are going to burst.

13. The Reward System is employed on the minibus all weekend. For example, if you are faffing or late when everyone else is ready to leave, the min-bus will start slowly driving away from the area. The shorter the amount of faff, the shorter distance you have to run!

14. There is a 3 month old baby and a friendly, black dog that keep getting passed from person to person. You're not quite sure who either of them belong to or who they went home with!

15. The majority of the club doesn't step in a boat all weekend!

16. Lots of pen caps end up mysteriously missing!

Now match up a member of the canoe club with something that happened to them over the weekend. When you've finished, check your answers with the answer key at the bottom (no peaking early!). Add up the number of questions that you matched correctly and see exactly how dedicated of a canoeist you are!!!

1) Who both lost and found all of the following in the same weekend: an engagement ring, a mobile phone and his/her consciousness?
2) Who memorably said the phrase, "John went in the first car!", leaving John at the campsite to hitch a ride to the beach with Mat and Lou?
3) At the campsite after returning from the pub Saturday night, who ended up with a bruised nose from an accidental head-butting incident with John?
4) Who came out of Saturday night with a pulled muscle in his/her shoulder (so much for a canoeing weekend!) after being egged on by Lindsay to do cartwheels?
5) Who gave a wonderful rendition of Macarena (for someone who doesn't speak a word of Spanish) at the kareoke night while Jen, Lizzie, Alex and Allie did the Macarena dance beside him/her?
6) On Sunday night, who turned S'more making into a culinary art?
7) Which first time canoeist stayed in his/her boat to be rescued, without swimming, over 8 times in a row and had a great surf?
8) Who, sadly, missed every opportunity to go go-karting the entire weekend?
9) Which two people decided to walk all the way from Croyde back to the campsite on Sunday (over a four hour hike!)?
10) Which of the two mentioned above allegedly went for a swim during the walk . . . in the nude??!!?!?!
11) Who nearly had to be rescued by two climbers with ropes after nearly getting him/herself stuck climbing along the rocks at Baggy Point?
12) Which club president saw his/her first, very successful trip carried out over the weekend?

If you had 9-12 correct answers . . . you must have been along on the Croyde Trip and had loads of fun! You were always around to see your friends make fools out of themselves-after all, what are friends for if not to tell embarrassing stories about each other? Your future in the canoe club looks bright . . . and wet!!! Lucky Days: May 18, 22, 29 If you had 5-8 correct answers . . . maybe you were at Croyde but were tucked away with that special someone all weekend and missed out on a couple of group events, maybe you were not on the trip at all but have a friend/girlfriend/boyfriend who was and told you all the details, or maybe you are just a good guesser. Either way, your in the middle and that's not such a bad place to be . . . Lucky Days: May 20, 23, 31 If you had 1-4 correct answers . . . how dare you call yourself a member of the canoe club!!! Well, we'll forgive you this once but you better promise to come along next time so that you can have as much fun as we did at Croyde! Lucky Days: May 16, 19, 27 Answers:

1) Jen
2) Lindsay
3) Jo
4) Ava
5) Marco
6) Mat Swaf.
7) Lou
8) Bri
9) Elise and Russian Mike
10) Russian Mike
11) John
12) Lizzie (Congrats!)