Day 2

Our second day in Calais had an early start with us all hoping for a better day than yesterday. I don't think I've ever seen anyone get as excited about seeing a bus before but at 8:08 we already felt today was better. We arrived at the warehouse where we met the other volunteers and had a cup of tea (my first in 48 hours) before getting to work. In the morning we stayed in the warehouse where we were sorting out clothes, food and getting supplies to distribute in the afternoon. After a good 3 hours undoing and retying bin bags, sorting cans of soup and moving crates around we had a break for lunch before splitting into groups for the afternoon. We all went into the camp with different roles: some of us distributing the aid we'd sorted in the morning (today rucksacks and toiletries) and the others held casual English and art lessons. We spent about 3 hours in the camp each with different experiences talking to different refugees. We finished the day off by finally managing to find a Carrefour to go food shopping, paddling in the sea and watching the sun set over England on the horizon.