Mick and Jenny arrived just after midday unfortunately they had been pulled over by the traffic police for not being in the correct lane however they were let off when Mia started crying. We sat in the compound until lunch was ready chatting. The children played in the paddling pool which we had decided to get out, shooting water at each other with water pistols. We ate a chicken roast dinner with all the trimmings followed by mango crumble and custard. We then sat in the compound relaxing whilst the children played. We decided to take them for a walk on the golf course as they haven’t been there yet. All the pigs have now been rounded up and put into their sty so they don’t damage the crops as they are now starting to plant the rice etc in the fields. We headed towards the bridge at the edge of the golf course seeing some lovely coloured locusts, green, yellow, black and red markings of which Paul decided to catch a couple in a jar. We continued on around the edge of the golf course before heading back home for a cup of tea. As Mick and Jenny were leaving for home it started to rain yet again.
We now have a little guest who lives in our kitchen called Freddy he is a skink and is quite tame. I have even managed to give him a dead fly and he sometimes licks my finger. This will be great to get rid of the cockroaches which we seem to have quite a few off. Although only small its quite a shock when one runs out of a drawer, toaster or the seal of the fridge when we open it, we make sure all our food is covered just in case.
We now have a little guest who lives in our kitchen called Freddy he is a skink and is quite tame. I have even managed to give him a dead fly and he sometimes licks my finger. This will be great to get rid of the cockroaches which we seem to have quite a few off. Although only small its quite a shock when one runs out of a drawer, toaster or the seal of the fridge when we open it, we make sure all our food is covered just in case.
Freddy
On Wednesday we had to take Bradley to Africmed, he was complaining of ear ache. This resulted in ear drops and antibiotics being given to clear up his infection. He spent most of Wednesday and some of Thursday sleeping so we didn’t manage to do much other than a trip to Kariba for some shopping.
On Friday Anne, Elsie and Ninky came around for a cup of tea. Anne is from Norwich and has been living here with her seven year old daughter Elsie. She has been running a guest house for the last four years. She has lately been in dispute with her landlord as he is asking for an excessive increase to her rent which she can not afford this has resulted in the landlord trying to evict her from the property. She is most annoyed at this as she has finally got the rooms all decorated and has put a lot of money into the business. This year she was hoping to open a restaurant bar and was hoping to make some good money. Abigail, Elsie and Bradley enjoyed playing for a couple of hours before they left for home.
On Saturday we were woken up with Bradley coughing this went on for about two hours he just couldn’t stop. We ended paying another visit to Africmed. It appears the infection is now on his chest so he was given a stronger antibiotic. From there we had a short walk on the beach at Bijilo before making our way through Senegambia Hotel. Paul wanted to check flight times as Dale will be arriving next Friday and he will be staying for a month with us. We arrived back home, Solomen the guard from next door asked if we wanted to see a chameleon which was in the garden so Abigail and Paul went off to have a look at it. Bradley was too tired so I took him inside it wasn’t long before he was fast a sleep. When he woke up his breathing was worse, Paul decided to take him back to Africmed whilst I stayed with Abigail. He was given some oxygen and a steroid injection in his bum. They were there until 7 o’clock in the evening as they wanted to monitor his progress. When they arrived home he seemed much better and he was very hungry as he had only eaten a banana at breakfast. He ate a sandwich and then went off to bed. Paul and Abigail changed and went out to Courtney’s as Amy, Emily and Emma were having their leaving party there tonight. They will be leaving for the UK on Tuesday so that is more or less all our group gone now. They didn’t arrive back until nearing 11 o’clock Abigail had thoroughly enjoyed herself and brought a couple of presents home for her and Bradley from Emily.
On Friday Anne, Elsie and Ninky came around for a cup of tea. Anne is from Norwich and has been living here with her seven year old daughter Elsie. She has been running a guest house for the last four years. She has lately been in dispute with her landlord as he is asking for an excessive increase to her rent which she can not afford this has resulted in the landlord trying to evict her from the property. She is most annoyed at this as she has finally got the rooms all decorated and has put a lot of money into the business. This year she was hoping to open a restaurant bar and was hoping to make some good money. Abigail, Elsie and Bradley enjoyed playing for a couple of hours before they left for home.
On Saturday we were woken up with Bradley coughing this went on for about two hours he just couldn’t stop. We ended paying another visit to Africmed. It appears the infection is now on his chest so he was given a stronger antibiotic. From there we had a short walk on the beach at Bijilo before making our way through Senegambia Hotel. Paul wanted to check flight times as Dale will be arriving next Friday and he will be staying for a month with us. We arrived back home, Solomen the guard from next door asked if we wanted to see a chameleon which was in the garden so Abigail and Paul went off to have a look at it. Bradley was too tired so I took him inside it wasn’t long before he was fast a sleep. When he woke up his breathing was worse, Paul decided to take him back to Africmed whilst I stayed with Abigail. He was given some oxygen and a steroid injection in his bum. They were there until 7 o’clock in the evening as they wanted to monitor his progress. When they arrived home he seemed much better and he was very hungry as he had only eaten a banana at breakfast. He ate a sandwich and then went off to bed. Paul and Abigail changed and went out to Courtney’s as Amy, Emily and Emma were having their leaving party there tonight. They will be leaving for the UK on Tuesday so that is more or less all our group gone now. They didn’t arrive back until nearing 11 o’clock Abigail had thoroughly enjoyed herself and brought a couple of presents home for her and Bradley from Emily.
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