Day 10 - Chateau le foot, All efforts into the medical task                                             <<

In the morning it was time to do the weekly shopping list and once again, it turned into a bit of an ordeal. This was partly because things were tight, as the group's budget was down to just £49 for the week. There was conflicting opinion on whether they could afford meat or not, causing Paul to suggest that he would get kill a chicken from the coop if they didn't buy any.

Later, most members of the group were either swotting-up or practising the task (except Helen, who dozed off.) They were deadly serious about passing this time! Whilst out in the garden, some of the guys discussed how the 2nd week would be a good test of people's stamina.

Mid-afternoon and while Bubble had gone back to bed, the others had lunch. Over their meal the subject of catching your parents 'at it' was brought up and Brian put his foot in it by making a comment about Dean's parents; his Father had died some time ago. Dean wasn't offended though and during the conversation, actually realised he was just about old enough to be Brian's Dad! Upon realising this, the 37-year-old entrepreneur was a bit 'gutted.

Just before 4pm, Bubble came to the diary room to talk about the group discussion the previous night in which he talked about his daughter. He said that he'd got choked-up and therefore couldn't explain himself as well as he would have liked. Big Brother offered support if ever Bubble needed a chat.

In the evening, after much medical practice, the group were set a short task: to crush 60kg of grapes with their feet and bottle the juice. For every 3 bottles they produced, Big Brother would reward them with a bottle of wine. Brian joined Helen, Amma and Penny in a small paddling pool to crush the grapes with their bare feet, while the others collected and bottled the juice. They managed to collect 18 bottles in total, earning the housemates 6 bottles of wine for their efforts.

Shortly after 9pm, the group sat down to a meal of pork and rice prepared by Helen and Paul. They had decided not to drink the wine until later, choosing to drink the grape juice that Big Brother allowed them to keep. However, after consuming loads of it someone remembered that everyone's feet had been in it; prompting people to remember that they had calluses, varrucas and corns! Eww...gross!

The evening ended with everyone pretty much sloshed from drinking the wine provided by Big Brother. They all sat around the sofa area belting out songs and Penny gave their rendition of 'Big Spender' a big finish. Afterwards everyone rolled-around in high spirits; a great bonding moment, just a shame it doesn't last when the drink wears off. Late to bed, Amma and Elizabeth had a lengthy chat whilst sat in the same bed, discussing the previous days 'heavy' group discussion and the different housemates personalities. Expect Elizabeth's next nominations to be identical to Amma's!

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