Easter Camp Spider Bite!

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As many of you know, we were away for all of Easter Camping. We left Thursday pm. The traffic was very heavy. It was still daylight when we arrived, but it took a long time to put up the tents, partly because the park required us to use the dolomite as a base, not the grass, & it was very hard to get the pegs in. It was dark & quite late by the time we got the tents up, the air beds blown up, & the tea cooked. Never mind, we all crashed that night. At 5.30 am we were woken by people banging pots & pans. Apparently they were getting ready to go fishing. Around breakfast time, my 13 year old step son was wandering around with no shoes on, despite repeated warnings about this (he cut his foot badly one christmas requiring 7 stitches). Somewhat later, he complained to me that his toe hurt. After taking his shoes off we saw this nasty black spot, about the size of a one cent, & it was surrounded by red under the skin. It had spread to the next toe. I recognised it as a spider bite, & so did my husband, who was pretty mad. Knowing these spider bites can get nasty, he rushed him off to the local hospital. They couldn't identify it, so they took a photo & sent it to the poisons hotline. Eventually he was allowed back to the camp site. The spider was never identified. The rest of our camp went more smoothly than this. The beach is magnicent. All white, snowy sand & clear water. There are sandhills at the back of the beach which the kids loved sliding down. Our fishing expeditions were not so successful. Everyone fishes from the jetty, & it was pleasant sitting up there trying to catch fish & crabs. Oh, there was one more incident. My 8 year old step daughter, who also ignores intrictions, had a very close near fall off the jetty. Her Father only just grabbed her in time from falling 4 metres into deep water. Although I took my digital camera, my daughter was so excited by her new mobile phone with a camera, that she insisted on taking all the photos. So I have to wait for her to load them on the computer before I can show you any here. I will most likely have to respond to discussions started from the tenth. I have saved some from the last four days, but it is most unlikely that I can back track that far. Can't wait to be in contact with you all.