Paul produced some family photos and postcards of Redcar and Marske to show Ebirma where we live which he then passed onto his family to look at, Ebrima then produced some photos taken when he had visited London. Ebrima’s daughter Fatou aged two years produced a soft toy dog and bugs bunny with missing ears for Abigail and Bradley, however Bradley was far more interested in chasing the chickens around in the compound. Fatou ended up following Bradley and playing with a tigger toy which belonged to one of the cousins, Bradley was amusing the other children by bouncing it up and down. When I went to make sure he was okay one of the woman said he was her baby and wanted him to stay with her as she thought he was lovely.

Bradley with Dog and Bugs so Cute

Georgia and Amy in Traditional Dress

We could smell food being cooked and a couple of teenage girls were using a pestle and mortar; banging it in sequence on investigating they were pounding grain to make flour. We were given a meal of beef domada and rice followed by bananas; I did think it would be more of a communal bowl where everyone eats with their hands however plates and spoons were produced to our delight. After much chatting we thanked them for their hospitality and set off for Brikama as Amy was staying at home, so going a different route we saw a bit more of the country. With Amy dropped off and on entering Serrekunda we could see lots of locals dressed up in their best clothes the woman as usual looked very elegant in brightly coloured clothing even the children looked very smart. We passed an area where there is a children’s play area and park and we could hear drumming and music and lots of people stood listening. On Kariba Avenue there was more music and people everywhere enjoying the evening’s festivities.