As usual we were awake early as the cockerels, donkeys and
birds woke us all.The pupils started to arrive not long after it got light, ready for the school day. We cleared out our things from the classrooms and put back the furniture, then packed up the truck and the 5 of us set off for Kaur
where we stopped for breakfast in the local café. (A corrugate shack with wooden benches round a table and a calor gas stove) Then on to the school to check that the
builders have everything before we leave today.
The head teacher was there this morning, so everything is better
organised than yesterday. The boys had
slept well and their dinner had arrived; so all were ready for work when we
arrived. Kebba was just coming into the
school with a donkey cart with the cement, and sand was on the way! We took some measurements for book cases and
then having ensured that they had everything we left and set off for
Loumen. We enjoy looking at the wide
assortment of birds here in the Gambia,
and Doug is very keen and on the way he spotted a whole flock of crowned cranes
in a field, 24 of them, the first time we have seen these, we stopped to take photos and then continued to the school. We arrived mid morning and met with the head
teacher, Mr Bah, who is delighted that we are paying for a local fence around
an area for the ladies to have a garden.
We then went on to Kumbija, just in time to meet the pupils coming out
as Friday is early finish. We looked
around the school and inspected the new wall which was completed two weeks ago,
and then drove on to Farafenni. We had a
delivery of books at the local police station and then drove on to the ferry
port where we were able to cross quickly.
Much to our delight the road is now finished all the way into Soma and
the journey was much smoother, although very hot, at one point it was 45
degrees and we stopped for a refreshing cold drink at Kalagie on the way. We got home just after 5pm, dropped Doug off and then all got showered and
changed and went to GTS for dinner.
There was a special Valentines dinner tonight and every table but one
was reserved upstairs. We sat at the
centre table and expected lots of couples arriving, but the tables had been
kept for a school party! Excellent meal, we even had a pudding, just what we needed after two days away.
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