10,000BC - Episode 4 Intervention

10,000 BC Episode 4

*For a brief background to the show and a who's who please scroll to the bottom.

Only one day of rations left ......

Day 8 & 9

Steve has decided to abandon hunting and forging and just concentrate to on the lake, so he takes 9 of the tribe out with him to the lake (Tom, Paul W, Rachel, Kam, Bobby, Emily, Jodie, Mel and Mike). Smart Lad Tom has carried embers in a horseshoe mushroom, so that they can have a fire down by the lake. Steve has a lot of respect for Tom because he' not shy of hard work but he also brings some great thinking to the group.

JP is left in charge of camp, by Steve, in an effort to get him more involved and prove that he is a team player. Unfortunately it seems that whilst Paul B is moving the fire wood under a tree (to protect it from rain) and Josie is preparing the remaining acorns, JP is just surveying his manor for the time being and washing his feet. 

The rest arrive at the lake, after a 2km trek and find that the traps have only caught 2 Crayfish. So Steve and Paul W set about trying the fishing lines again, whilst the rest of the group make more fishing traps. 

Bobby isn't bothered about doing any work and instead goes to admire his surroundings. This results in him getting stuck in the sinking sand mud, yes you guessed it "I'm gonna die out here", luckily there is fireman (Mike) in the group that is used to saving plonkers that insist on walking in mud. 

Funniest of all though is as soon as Bobby is out he runs over to Steve to ask if they can go back to camp now, like he's on a boring family trip to the seaside and wants to get back to his XBOX. 

Paul B is complaining about JP's managerial skills, fair enough he doesn't seem to be pulling his weight but complaining he's bossy is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. 

With still no sign of fish at the lake, using the fishing lines, the group have a lunch of Crab apples and Rose hips. Not happy with the lines, Steve has made a weighted fish trap but it only catches one. Never one to not try, try, try again he goes into the lake with his bare hands and catches 7 more. Probably would have been a good idea to get the rest of the group to have a quick go seeing as that seems to be the most effective method yet; but who am I to talk as I sit cosy drinking a nice cuppa.

Mike fully engages with his hunter gatherer self and catches a mouse for his tea. I'm sure he would have happily shared but the tribe let him skin, cook and eat it himself. 

Josie, the vegetarian, has only eaten Crab apples & Leafs and ironically is the one to get food poisoning.

Despite having 10 crayfish it still isn't enough and moral is very low, so low that even Tom is thinking of walking. 

The production team medics have been monitoring the tribe and they are concerned that they are all starting to get dangerously ill. They attend the camp to check everyone out and find that they are all Malnourished and tell production that the tribe are too ill to continue.

The experiment is put on hold temporarily and the production team provide the tribe with  Isotonic drinks, Honey, Jerky and Meat. They are told to rest until the medics are happy that they are well enough to continue.

The camp is divided about the production teams intervention. Tom is not happy because he is fed up with carrying people and feels that the intervention has only reinforced that idea some peoples minds, that there will always be someone to help them out if it gets too difficult. 


Mike and Paul B are thinking along the same lines as Tom and express disappointment that some of the tribe are not viewing this as a second chance to start the experiment and get it right. Instead some of them are now viewing it more as a camping trip. 

Good old Bobby then proves them right by saying he will only stay if the production team will feed them once a week and they get one phone call a week. 

Day 10 & 11

The next morning the tribe are given the OK to continue with the experiment. 

Over night, however, It's got much colder again and now it's raining heavily too. The tribe are stuck in the shelters but some of them still put their time to good use. Jodie, Kam and the Harding Girls are making cording. Mike, Paul B and Steve are carving wooden spoons. 

Not everyone is finished with the medics though, Tom has to be taken to an emergency clinic as he has a swelling down the side of his neck and face. and poor Josie has to removed from camp because her nausea and vomiting has continued. The production doctors have said that she will only be allowed to return to camp if she makes a full recovery. In the meantime she is hooked up to a drip in the production camp, which to be honest isn't much more glamorous than the Stone Age one but at least the bed is off the floor. 

Bobby has been slumped in the corner of the shelter, watching the girls make the cording, and that's when I realise his spirit animal must be the Sloth. Suddenly he's up and out the shelter .... Bobby has had enough and is walking. 

Later on Tom comes back with bad news that he has a swollen gland from eating leaves and it's going to take at least 6 days to get better. He chooses that the best way to get better is to leave the experiment. As he does he quite honestly comments that he can understand how stone age man coped but sadly he is a 21st Century man and no amount of experiment is going to change that.

Steve says what everyone is thinking, another strong member of the team with excellent skills has left. 

And it doesn't stop there, Kam is now talking to the production team and says that although she knew it would be really hard she is finding it much harder. She agrees to sleep on it and make a decision in the morning.

There is a definite split in the tribe now, those who want to fully participate in the stone age experience and the other that want constant 21st century intervention.Steve talks to Paul B about whether they should continue helping the tribe as a whole and hope that the slackers start to pitch in. Talk comes back round to JP and they agree to give him one last chance to be a team player.

With a break in rain the tribe are able to come out and start improving their shelters, to protect better from the rain and cold. Suddenly row breaks out between Mike and JP over hay usage and the age old saying 'Theres no I in team".  Paul W takes JP to one side and says he needs to do something about it if he wants to prove to everyone wrong. JP says he just needs some direction in what needs doing and admits that, that's what might be missing in his on the outside. 

All the younger lads seem to not be coping well in this experience and it all seems to come round to not having enough direction in their real lives. Be it parental guidance that's missing perhaps or too much too soon.

Steve and Mel have been out on hunting but they can't have caught anything because there are no 'Hurrahs' from the tribe, on their return.

Whilst JP is contemplating walking after today's bust up with Mike, Kam calls a tribe meeting to tell them she is walking after all.

Only 12 people left in the tribe and the decline in people, specially the strong ones, is worrying the remainder.  Rachel voices the main worry that so many people have left, because there are still just as many jobs to be done but only half of the amount of people left to do them.

I tell you what, we all thought Celebrity Big Brother was mad this year. With people walking so early and the crazy stuff that was going on from the start but I think 10,000BC is going to give it a run for it's money in the 'Craziest Reality TV Series' title.

What is 10,000BC about?

20 volunteers, from a cross section of people of the 21st Century, were sent into  a Bulgarian hunting reserve, similar to prehistoric Britain, to survive 8 weeks in the Stone age, without any help from 2014 (Filmed through October & November 2014)

The chosen ones for the experiment, from a cross section of modern day Britain are: 

Rachel Harding - Education Assessor (Mother of the Camp / Organised)
Paul Wilshurst - Fence Contractor (Stubborn But Hard Worker)

Emily Harding - Graphic Designer                                                      > The Harding Family

Mary Harding - Student
Alice - Restaurant Maitre D' (Willing to help out every day)

Paul Barnes - Lorry Driver  (Wanna be Bear Grylls and someone that clearly lives on his    
                                            own for a reason) 

Mike Soumelides - Simms  - Firefighter (All round handy guy to have around and always                 
                                                                 positive. Has a degree is hugs)

Josie & Jodie O'Rourke - Bookmaker / Event Manager ( Mother & Daughter )

Steve Nicholson - Archer (Amateur survivalist / Tribe Leader / Strategist)

John Paul Mullen (JP) - Club Promoter (Looked like he might walk to begin with but has           
                                                                knuckled down and getting on with it / Chatterbox)

Melissa Selling - Prop Maker

Perry Brookes - Landscape Gardener (Geezer) - WALKED

Kym Hall - Marketing Manager (Strong, Organised, Natural Leader) - WALKED

Oliver Farr - Electrician (Terris's Boyfriend / Survivalist Skills / Keen to Try Anything and        
                                     Embrace Stone Age Life) - WALKED
 Terri Perry - Florist (Oliver's Girlfriend/ Positive Person / Kind & Caring) - WALKED 

Caroline Mortimer - Retired Secretary (Stone Age enthusiast) - UNABLE TO CONTINUE 
                                                             POOR HEALTH

Aamer 'Bobby' Hussein - Council Duty Manager ("We're gonna die out here" / Self  
                                                                               Proclaimed Lazy) - WALKED

Tom Reader - Digital Content Creator (Keen team member/ not shy of hard word work/        
                                                            Nature Lover) - WALKED

Kam Khaira - Housewife & Shopkeeper  - WALKED

10,000BC - Episode 3 Hunger & Cold

10,000 BC Episode 3

*For a brief background to the show and a who's who please scroll to the bottom.

A friend of mine made the comment that the advert for 10,000BC looks like a Blair Witch style horror......I have a feeling that over the next couple of days the show may live up to that comparison. 

Day 5 & 6

Paul and Rachel are up and preparing breakfast for the tree but it's hard work given that there are barely any rations left.

Kym has had to take what is left into her tent, in order to protect the rations and ensure that they are used wisely. Steve is impressed with her pro-activeness and considers her a valuable asset to the tribe. 

Paul B has set more Boar traps but they are yet to catch anything in them but before Klint left the group a couple of days ago he did tell them about a large lake that not only contains fish but there are also water plants can be used as materials for shelter and baskets etc.

Steve, Mike, Rachel, Alice and Paul W go on an expedition to find the lake but it's takes them 3 hours to find it and no one knows the direct route. The word map comes up again but is quickly dismissed. 

On sighting the lake Mike, Paul W and Rachel go for a skinny dip to have a wash. I feel sorry for Alice she must have been mortified at seeing her parents just strip off in front of near strangers. 

Mike and Steve make some fishing rods  and lines out the available reeds and willow but the fish are proving to heavy and they are unable to land any fish in 2 hours of daylight left.

The rest of the tribe are back at camp, sitting around and thinking about their stomachs. They are also expecting the explorers to come back with fish.  I'm feeling hungry just watching this.

They all arrive back at camp with the news they didn't get any fish, luckily one of the tribe manages to knock up a 'soup' out of some of the rations and foraged acorns. 

The next day the entire tribe are exhausted and it's decide that they should all remain at the camp in order to recover  and then return to the lake the following day. I don't see the sense in this because the sooner they get food the sooner the exhaustion is remedied but who am I to speculate such things sat in my nice warm house.  

JP and Paul B go out to harvest burdock and JP doesn't stop talking. Paul B points out that if he put as much effort into harvesting as he did talking he'd have pulled loads up by now. 

Terri and Oliver are also out foraging but Terri is feeling as weak as Kym. Oliver has survival skills that mean that they are successful but he's yet to convince Terri that this is a worthwhile adventure into the Stone Age.

Back at camp Kym has collapsed and one of the production doctors attends, to check her over. She is advised to rest and eat but there in lies the problem. They are only getting one meal a day and it's only a handful of food. Kym is starting to look like she might walk and she is one of the strongest.

Steve has designed a new hook, that he hopes will make tomorrows fishing trip a success. Steve and Paul W plan to take some of the stronger members of the tribe to go with them to sit and weave with all the willow that is available.

Day 7

The temperature dropped below freezing for the first time last night, which meant most of the tribe were unable to sleep. This has only added to Kym's anguish. Steve calls a tribe meeting to only let everyone to express how they are feeling but for the ones coping better to offer moral support and empathise. 

Today's fishing trip is assembled and made up of Tom, Paul B, Paul W, Alice, Jodie, Rachel and Emily. As they make there way to the lake, following rock arrows Steve laid, all anyone can hear is Paul B bitching and moaning about their 'Shit' tracking skills. It all comes to a head when it starts delaying the group getting there and both the Pauls butt heads again. The outcome being there was only one, out of a number of, tracking skills that they hadn't used yet. He continues on muttering on under his breath because he is such a know it all. He didn't even go to the lake the other day. If I was as hungry and tired as these guys are I'd be telling him to zip it and jog on but less politely

Today even Mike has had to stay behind at camp because he is so lethargic, he can't even face fire wood gathering. Instead he prepares acorns for the tribe, which have to be broken up and then rinsed in the stream for 2 DAYS before they become edible. 

Kym has managed a 3 hour nap but feels no better. Mike gives her the 'Mike S&S Moral chat' and hug to try to stop her walking and finally he seems to convince her to stay one more night and see if they catch some fish. Me thinks that Mike has a special soft spot for Kym.

However, Kym goes to sit around the fire and tells the others that she only told Mike that she might stay to get him off her back. She's "fucking walking".

Most surprisingly of all is that Terri and Ollie are also stuck in camp with exhaustion. Their positive aura has all but faded and Terri wants to walk too. Unfortunately Ollie feels that as they entered this experience as a couple it would only be right to leave the as one, which means Ollie  and his skill will go as well, because he only wanted to experience this as a couple.

Tom, Paul W, Jodie, Alice, Emily and Rachel are weaving fish traps whilst Steve has made a new line with horse hair and better hook. Paul B has fashioned a stone age crab line too but after 2 hours they still haven't caught anything. 

With less than an hour left before they must return to camp Steve suddenly catches a Crayfish and then three more; But so joyous in his accomplishment he wastes time he could be catching more by showing the rest of the group his poxy four crayfish. You'd get more in a Pret A Manger Crayfish sandwich. 

With daylight starting to fade they lay their fish traps in the lake and Steve sacrifices his last piece of venison jerky as bait. The group then head back with their big catch, in the hope of boosting the tribes moral

Sadly on their return to camp they hear talk of not only Kym wanting to walk but Ollie & Terri too. Steve and Paul B are hell bent on trying to convince Kym to stay but a camp fire meeting is called for Ollie to announce that he, Terri and Kym are going tonight.

The camp are definitely feeling the loss of the stronger and more positive members of the group and the tribe are now down to 15 members. 

Oh and Bobby - All of seem him do over the last three days is sit in camp either playing with his hair or wiping his nose on leaves, at least there has been no more cries of "We're going to die out here" , that I've heard anyway 

I'd like to see more of Melissa & Kam, Hopefully they'll appear in tomorrows episode. 

What is 10,000BC about?

20 volunteers, from a cross section of people of the 21st Century, were sent into  a Bulgarian hunting reserve, similar to prehistoric Britain, to survive 8 weeks in the Stone age, without any help from 2014 (Filmed through October & November 2014)

The chosen ones for the experiment, from a cross section of modern day Britain are: 

Rachel Harding - Education Assessor (Mother of the Camp / Organised)
Paul Wilshurst - Fence Contractor (Stubborn But Hard Worker)

Emily Harding - Graphic Designer                                                      > The Harding Family

Mary Harding - Student
Alice - Restaurant Maitre D' (Willing to help out every day)

Paul Barnes - Lorry Driver  (Wanna be Bear Grylls and someone that clearly lives on his    
                                            own for a reason) 

Mike Soumelides - Simms  - Firefighter (All round handy guy to have around and always                 
                                                                 positive. Has a degree is hugs)

Josie & Jodie O'Rourke - Bookmaker / Event Manager ( Mother & Daughter )

Steve Nicholson - Archer (Amateur survivalist / Tribe Leader / Strategist)

Aamer 'Bobby' Hussein - Council Duty Manager ("We're gonna die out here" / Self  
                                                                               Proclaimed Lazy)

Tom Reader - Digital Content Creator (Keen team member/ not shy of hard word work/        
                                                            Nature Lover)

John Paul Mullen (JP) - Club Promoter (Looked like he might walk to begin with but has           
                                                                knuckled down and getting on with it / Chatterbox)

Kam Khaira - Housewife & Shopkeeper

Melissa Selling - Prop Maker

Perry Brookes - Landscape Gardener (Geezer) - WALKED

Kym Hall - Marketing Manager (Strong, Organised, Natural Leader) - WALKED

Oliver Farr - Electrician (Terris's Boyfriend / Survivalist Skills / Keen to Try Anything and        
                                     Embrace Stone Age Life) - WALKED
 Terri Perry - Florist (Oliver's Girlfriend/ Positive Person / Kind & Caring) - WALKED 

Caroline Mortimer - Retired Secretary (Stone Age enthusiast) - UNABLE TO CONTINUE 
                                                             POOR HEALTH

10,000 BC - Episode 1 & 2 Catch Up

10,000 BC Episode 1 

20 volunteers, from a cross section of people of the 21st Century, were sent into  a Bulgarian hunting reserve, similar to prehistoric Britain, to survive 8 weeks in the Stone age, without any help from 2014 (Filmed through October & November 2014)

The chosen ones for the experiment, from a cross section of modern day Britain are: 

Perry Brookes - Landscape Gardener (Geezer)

Rachel Harding - Education Assessor    
Paul Wilshurst - Fence Contractor
Emily Harding - Graphic Designer >>>>> The Harding Family
Mary Harding - Student
Alice - Restaurant Maitre D'

Paul Barnes - Lorry Driver  (Wanna be Bear Grylls) 

Mike Soumelides - Simms  - Firefighter

Josie & Jodie O'Rourke - Bookmaker / Event Manager ( Mother & Daughter )

Oliver Farr - Electrician (Terry's Boyfriend)
Terry Perry - Florist (Oliver's Girlfriend) 

Caroline Mortimer - Retired Secretary (Stone Age enthusiast)

Steve Nicholson - Archer (Amateur survivalist)

Kim Hall - Marketing Manager

Aamer 'Bobby' Hussein - Council duty Manager ("We're gonna die out here")

Tom Reader - Digital Content Creator

John Paul Mullen - Club Promoter (Known as JP)

Kam Khaira - Housewife & Shopkeeper

Melissa Selling - Prop Maker

The only training the volunteers received was a survival skills DVD and Manual.

Day One

First order of day is to put phones, metal and plastics - any modern living times into a plastic bag with their names on, for safe keeping. There are piles of skins and furs, with each persons name on, that will be their clothes for the duration of this experience. There is not however any instructions on how each individual piece is worn. In the stone age people didn't wear shoes but because the volunteers feet aren't conditioned to rugged terrain they have to wear boots and sock.

As the ladies are getting changed Josie announces that she is a strict vegetarian and against hunting, she is only the second most stupid person so far though beaten by the people that wore wedges and brought handbags with them! And yes that's after they've given in all there 'modern' items in.

Caroline doesn't even get her skins on, it is unseasonably hot for October and she falls ill, and is deemed unfit to continue with the experiment.

Requirements of 2014 health and safety dictate that the producers provide: 

Shelter - 4 Mesolithic Huts 
Clothing - Skins & Furs
Purpose built source of fresh water 
Enough Apples, Berries, Nuts, Rock Salt and Honey to sustain them for a fortnight
Flint, Tools and a Bow
24 hour supervision by Survival Expert & Doctor  (only intervene if serious)

Klint Janulis Stone Age Archaeologist & survival expert will stay with them for  2 days, to acclimatise them to stone age living.

There is a clearing, where the shelters are situated, that will provide there living and working area. Only 18 remain. 

A recently killed Deer is provided for them to harvest food, clothes and tools from it but it has to be done with in the first couple of hours. 

A lot of the women get tearful about seeing the dead deer but admit they are going to get to have to get used to it. 

Paul W, Paul B, Terry and Melissa all have a go at separating the Deer up.  Both Pauls are at odds with each other as to the best way to do it but Melissa is enjoying herself.  All the butchered parts of the deer are stored by hanging them on trees. The meat cannot be cooked and then stored away as it will make them sick.

There are wolves, bears and boars in this area and a fire is the only way to keep themselves  and their possessions safe is a fire. Oliver uses a bow drill  to try and start the fire, but it's not easy especially with the mosquitoes biting every one. They finally get some flames but had no kindling ready so it blew out. It's nearly dark and has started to rain but luckily Paul B finds some remaining burning embers, which they keep alight by blowing on until enough kindling is gathered. 

Rachel and her 3 daughters took on the task of digging a latrine and collecting leaves for toilet paper. As they do so, just an hour into the experience, Rachel is  already thinking ahead and starts eating worms.

Perry is the first to poop but would have preferred to sit on a log with his bum hanging over the side then just squatting but he manages. Already I'm less survivalist than these people because I can't even wee if I'm squatting. 

The deer is being cooked and Bobby makes the point that they can't even see each other in the dark so how will they know when it's cooked. They all tuck in though and no one is bothered that they are eating Deer, Terry even comments how nice it is.

As he leaves the camp for the night, Klint is worried that they are still treating this as a camping trip not a way of life. 

As everyone starts turning in, Paul B plans to set some traps tomorrow and catch at least a boar, Steve is worried about the strong dynamic and current lack of leadership. 

Day Two

Steve organises a team meeting to find out everyone's skills, after they find out that all the provision that were left by the production team like the fruit and and veg, even the flint. For his effort he is voted in as the group leader.

Klint shows the volunteers how to make flint blades in order to correctly cut the meat. Fair play to everyone sorting the meat out they're picking out eggs and maggots, where the flies have been.

A small group are then taken out by Klint who shows them where to hunt and Paul B is of the opinion that Steve should be out there with them because he is an archer. 

On the way back Paul B comes across a little stream, and has a little cats lick. Who knew such a simple thing could get you totes emosh for home comforts.

Meanwhile Perry and Steve upgrade the latrines so they are more 'pleasant' and they chat as they work, Perry is soon in tears about his missing his Nan but more so that he has recently had his best friend, who passed away and for that reason he feels he shouldn't be there and sadly leaves. 

The team of 20 is now down to 18, only two days into 8 weeks

Before he leaves the came for good, Klint shows the last group, that includes Josie, what resources are available to help them day to day and how to harvest burdock root which grows wild in the area and is like a sweet potato. Josie is pleased to be picking them as that's what she'll survive that, and a pound of acorns a day. 

Everyone is back at camp readying for the evening and Bobby finds flies in the hides that are supposed to  be using as covers at night. A guy from the production support team comes out to try and get the larvae out of the skins but there are too many, so for the time being the volunteers are given Blankets from 2014.

With that Klint bids his goodbyes and remind them once he leaves now, they are on their own for the next 2 months.

10,000 BC Episode 2

Day Three

The tribes first day with Klint helping them and they are worried they've not retained enough of the information given to them by Klint. 

Steve is pissed off because everything is a mess and someone has even burnt half a mallet.  Paul B and Kym are in agreement that Steve needs to take charge and a meeting is held. 

He suggests that they start getting organised with food and shelter, planning in advance. He then makes the mistake of asking if anyone had anything to say. Paul B pipes up that he didn't like being told to shut up by one of the Harding Daughters last night, who were trying to sleep. That escalates very quickly into an argument between Paul W & Paul B. Oliver steps in to point out that arguing like this, already, is toxic and they need to start working as a team. 

Paul B wants to catch something, possibly the size of an elephant given the size of the trap he makes. JP, Oliver, Jodie and Paul B set off in search of a game trail in order to lay the trap and arrive at the tribes water source. Just as they start setting it up it starts to rain, so they abandon it for now but Paul B still reckons they'll "fucking heroes" despite leaving it unfinished. 

Tom has started a basket weaving group, having realised the genius that they have nothing to put stuff in if they go foraging etc.

Back at the camp, the tribe has not waterproofed any of the shelters and water is pouring in through a huge hole in one. The tribe all comes together to fix the shelter with the huge hole before the other shelters.

Kym feels there is a divide between old and young and Mike has named their young group 'Team Awesome'. 

Once the rain stops, Paul B heads back out to finish the trap but before he even gets there he catches a Salamander, which has to be checked first to see if it's poisonous. He then decides that he is too hungry and needs food right now so he decides to have a snack on the 3 day old rotting carcase of the Deer they cut up. Then he decides to cut up the whole thing, wash it out in their fresh water supply (!) and take it back to camp. Oliver lets Paul B know that the Salamander is deadly poisonous. 

Steve, Mike, Oliver  and Perry realise that some of the young 'uns are sitting in the shelters, stuffing there face whilst the rest of the camp is out working to find food and material to improve the shelters. So Steve gently confronts them in a nice way, just asking if they could come and help out and leave the valuable rations for now but frankly they couldn't give a damn. 

Paul B decides to burn the tree down and JP is asked to get a lit fire torch and some firewood to put around the tree. He comes back having got it all wrong and is upset that he has got it wrong and they are laughing. JP walks off from the group and ends up in tears but he's not sure why. He feels like he's not learning fast enough. He is also worries that he is being perceived as lazy.

Emily is under the impression that JP will be walking soon.

In the evening everyone has dinner of berries, nuts, mushrooms and deer ribs before turning in for the night. 

Team Awesome are pleased to have Oliver and Terry in their shelter now as they have such a positive aura. 

Day Three

In the morning it comes to light that the Team Awesome had a deal, in their shelter, to take it in turns to keep the fire going but when Paul B woke up it was nearly out. An argument starts between Paul B and JP because JP thinks that he woke up in the night and put the fire out completely but he won't listen to Paul B trying to explain he can't have because it was still going. 

Paul B still hasn't set his massive boar trap and the camp is conscious that food supplies are running low, so the group split into 3 groups to forage over  a large area but one group are barely a few metres from camp. 

Tom finds a stream with edible plants all around, in order to get a better harvest he goes back to make a bag to carry back as much as he can. He also takes Terry, JP and Alice so they can not only increase how much is brought back to camp but so they also know where to go for food and water. 

However Tom was too busy, on his initial journey, looking up at all the nature around that when he tries to take his group back he can't remember the way. They get to the meadow and realise they are going in the completely wrong  direction. So they start to make their way back to camp in order to pick up the right route.

They finally find it in the late afternoon and Tom makes the suggestion that they should start making maps of the area in clay. The abundance of nettles and burlap is foraged and JP finds lots of bone and twine. 

Steve, Emily and Melissa find a downed silver birch so they try to harvest the bark but they are unable to get it off effectively and leave it

The key to Stone Age hygiene was to keep their camp clean and unfortunately the unused deer meat was left hanging in the trees and attracted flies, which has lead to flies all around the camp. Kym and Oliver find it and clean it up but they want to have a meeting about hygiene. Steve's group return after four hours with only meagre amounts of burlap and herbs. 

There is further bad news when Kym finds that someone has done a poo in camp instead of the latrines. Mike and Steve decide the best course of action is to get the person who did it to pick it up and move it themselves, like rubbing a puppy's nose in it.

Later that afternoon Paul B and Oliver are rushing to get the Boar trap set and once set it should stake the boar in the head or body,  when it trips the switch. 

With everyone back in camp, no one is taking responsibility for the poo but a process of elimination (the fact that there was only one person to leave a shelters in the night) it's found to be JP. Whilst he says he did do a poo he says that, that one is too big to be his. Kym is in tears, of anger that JP is refusing to move the poo.

Poo-gate looks like it's finally over when JP moves the poo. A team meeting is held about general hygiene and Kym makes the disgusting but true point that if someone treads in it, then takes their boots off and then eats with their hands they are eating human faeces. 

 * Apologies if I have got anyones name wrong, it's hard to learn 20 new peoples names when they are only flashing up on screen. I will try better. I would also like to say sorry for the the possible overuse of So and But *