Saturday 28 February 2015

19th February, 2015 Thursday. Schools Closed


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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