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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