Thursday 23 January 2014

17.1.14 Friday. Loumen and home.



Awake early to the sound of the pump on the well as the ladies fetched water for the day, also the sound of the ladies pounding the cous for breakfast.  We got ready to go and set off back to Kaur with Jim and Sanaba to collect the remaining fire bricks for Loumen, we were unable to source these in Farafenni as the border has been closed and many supplies have run out in the town.  We decided to have breakfast first and so we went into Kaur and had our hot omelette sandwiches before picking up the bricks and delivering them back to Loumen along with some cement to start the job.  We met with the teachers at Loumen and explained that Sanaba would be along to start the work this afternoon, then returned to Kumbija to get the work on the wall started there.  Kebba had recruited some local labour and the foundation digging had started by the time we returned there.  We left Jim with the boys and Steve and I returned home via Soma, eerily quiet as the border is still closed and there were no trucks and only 5 cars waiting for the ferry.  We didn’t arrive back until just after dark, dusty and tired and grateful to Mell who cooked us a simple supper.  Her back is improved, one of our friends had called and left some medication and some advice on exercise.  She is still wincing when walking around though, and quite disappointed not to be up country.  Being bored whilst we were all away she has sorted out our DVD collection into categories!

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