feeding frenzy for the grazing students would result in congestion,
however all happens in respectable time thanks to the three
toasters at hand. The hot crumpets, waffles and toast that follow are
guzzled down as quickly as they came about, with the kitchen
emptying in time for the next lesson, leaving no evidence that a
hoard of hungry teenagers had just exited (that is until someone
checks the waffle cupboard).
After the school day ends, the boarders encounter another food-
based ritual in the form of 5 o’clock teas, where the most prized
sandwiches hurriedly disappear in the hands of the chanting victor,
leaving the poor tutor on duty with the less desirable egg and cress
or tuna mayonnaise to choose from! At house teas you can see all
the variety of school life from muddy CCF cadets through
to exhausted rowers who have just done an ergo test! At this point
the boarders have a couple of hours to relax in their rooms, go to
the gym, play indoor football or wander into town before making
their way to dinner where boarders in other houses catch up on the
latest news.
