England v USA

On Sunday afternoon we decided to go for a walk. We called into the VSO office to pick up any post and then made our way around the rear of the building to the cliffs. From here we were able to walk along towards Leybato’s so Paul could then stay for his game of rugby. As we were walking along the cliff I suddenly spotted something in the water. We sat down on the cliff edge and waited with our eyes glued to the sea then we saw it again. It was a pod of dolphins close to shore which now and again would surface so we got a glimpse of their fins. It looked as if they were pushing fish towards land so as to then catch them We continued on to Leybato’s which is where we left Paul to play rugby whilst we decided to walk home.

We were woken up on Tuesday morning at 3 o’clock to the sound of rain on the corrugated roof which you can imagine is quite loud. The rain continued for the next two hours with the occasional thunder and lightning, this woke up Abigail and it took her a while to go back to sleep. By the time we were up the rain had stopped and the ground was already starting to dry up. As I walked the children to school there was the odd pool of standing water ideal for the mosquitoes. There were also a large number of fly’s which appeared to be burrowing out or into the sand, maybe they had hatched due to the rain arriving.

Today all VSO and Peace Corps have been invited to the British High Commission to watch the football match England v USA. We met up with Sam on route and arrived at the commission for 5.30pm. Once through the security gate we were shown to the poolside area. The area was decorated with English bunting flags and footballs. The commission had put on a barbeque and bar which was to be paid for. Within a gazebo a projector was ready to show the match with seating in place. Amy, Emily and Emma were already there wearing their football tops which family had sent out to them, they had also bought Abigail and Bradley Saint George hats to wear. We bought some drinks then Abigail, Bradley and Paul decided to try out the pool along with some others. We placed an entry for the time of the first goal to be scored the prize was the winnings 1000 dalasi. The game started so we quickly found a seat within the gazebo to watch. The atmosphere was very charged especially when England scored the first goal unfortunately it wasn’t to last as USA also scored. Once the match had finished I took Abigail and Bradley home whilst Paul stayed a bit later talking to a Gambian who had been educated in Yorkshire.