Too much air ... after 7/40

We die without it but we can have too much as well can't we? Air, I mean. Hyperventilation. Well I think I'm experiencing the tenting equivalent - hypertentilation. I've got too much air in my tent!

I knew it from the start when the pupils and staff here at King's were all berating me with cries of 'Luxury!', and 'That's a palace!'. I was fairly robust in arguing that a smallish flexi-framed family tent is a bit different to Versailles, but I didn't get far. They're a tough lot.

Anyway, the point is, smaller would be better! Less air, less draught, less to heat. Given that my body gives off about 250 Btu/hr, about the same as a 75 watt light bulb, I want to have to heat as little air as possible with it! Anyway, I'm stuck with it now - and quite happy even if wallowing in too much air.

The children in the orphanage face the same dilemma. Their rooms are big - they have to be because of how many live in them. More than that, each room functions not only as bedroom, but also dressing room, sitting room, play room, and any other room they need. Around the outside are their boxes - typically one box for two children. In them is everything they own. You can see them here down the right ...

I've seen the children at night, all asleep, when their Warden has given me a peak through the door. They've gathered their sleeping mats towards the centre of the room and lie next to each other as if to join-up their 75 watts in an imaginary smaller space.  They, like me, feel there's too much air at night.

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