We woke early with the sunshine, a treat after the grey days
in the UK. The Schools are closed today as they continue
to celebrate Independence. We had
coffee and breakfast and then set about looking at the damage caused by the
rainy season this year. Parts of the
outside of the house need painting, a job for Bas, and the ceiling at the top
of the stairs needs replacing, we had a major leak during the storms in the
summer, water poured down the stairs like a waterfall. Fortunately Amy, Francis and James were
staying and managed to mop everywhere and clean up the mess with Kebba. Kebba and John made a new flat roof, so
hopefully that will ot happen again. The
biggest problem is in the garden, where the white fly have proved that they can
resist any kind of chemical or organic treatment and our 3 orange trees have
died. Kebba has already removed one and
the other two are going soon. We decide
to have a big sort out of clothes from our wardrobes as many have faded and
spoilt over the years and we have brought some new ones this year. This takes all morning and then we go to
Yashminas for lunch and to relax for an hour or two. We call at Neil’s bar on the way back for
coffee and to use the Wifi. Lots of
familiar faces and we find out where the local quiz is now held before
returning home, where we are met with another familiar face, Sanaba, here to
greet us, enquire after and inspect Steve’s foot and also to see if there is
any work going. We arrange for him to
come and help in the storeroom tomorrow and then spend the rest of the evening
at home.
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