The Environmental Science faculty’s annual trip to the University of Exeter took an unexpected turn when they left Devon with tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage in their wake.

Recently recognised as "world leading and internationally excellent" in the 2008 research assessment exercise, a drunken night out for this group of Southampton environmentalists led one unfortunate student to stumble towards the showers, when all others had collapsed in bed, not to be seen again till morning.

Reports suggest that the student fell asleep during his shower and did not wake till early the next day, an estimated four hours later – with water still running. The shower room had flooded, leaking into Exeter’s University shop situated below, which had recently had a new till system installed.

Overall it is thought that about fifty thousand pounds worth of damage was incurred, due to the shops broken till system and the loss of stock deemed unusable following saturation. The shop itself was closed for the remainder of the trip, and it is unknown when it re-opened for the use of Exeter students.

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