But by now I am almost singing, too, at the prospect of hot showers ahead, courtesy of an estancia – some of our camps have been "wild", with no showers or loos.
The overnight ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland was a wild success: having a shower in a ferry cabin is hugely exciting if you're nine.
After their vows they walked, serenaded by a Renaissance-music quartet, through a shower of wild flower and pumpkin seeds toward a feast of suckling pigs and locally grown food, and then they enjoyed champagne again.
Most dishes like pork chop, salmon and quail come showered with wild mushrooms, sweet leeks or exotic oils.
These species never seem to get the respect we shower on the wild, the rare and the vanishing.
The accommodation and washing facilities (a choice of solar shower or a wild swim) are basic, with minimal comforts on offer.
In the bathroom, the oversized tub is backed by a wild mirror mosaic and the shower is an extension of the room, one wall of which echoes Ecca's entryway of stones wrapped in wire fencing.
This site can help you do an off-season pop-up makeover, keep your wheel bearings going round and learn the benefits of quick showers in the wild.
The bride's young brother was dispatched to the kitchen, and returned moments later with four boxes of wild rice, which was quickly showered on the departing couple.
With the simple addition of grilled wild asparagus, cut into beads and showered, along with a good dose of Parmesan, a simple tomato salad becomes something memorable.
