On Thursday Paul went off to work whilst I was still off for mid term holidays. I had decided to keep Abigail and Bradley off school as they will also be off tomorrow for another holiday to celebrate Independence Day. We decided to take Uncle Chris for an early morning walk to Kotu Bridge and then continue onto the beach for a dip in the sea. We arrived at the bridge having spotted some birdlife and as usual were approached by various Gambians trying to offer us their guide services. One such guide was put out when we implied that Abigail was our guide and he remarked that she needed a permit which we found very funny. We were on the beach for 9.30am and the waves were quite rough. Uncle Chris and the children stripped off and were straight in the sea I decided to take a miss on going in as I seem to have developed a cold. Whilst on the beach Adama came over to say hello and gave Chris a friendship chain, not his style I might add. We then sat in Sailors restaurant enjoying a coffee before heading back up the hill and calling in at the craft market on route as Chris felt obliged to buy a little something. We also decided to have a look around the golf course before heading home unfortunately there was a golf competition taking place so the walk was cut short. After lunch the children took Uncle Chris off up to Safari Garden to use the pool. I stayed behind to do some shopping as we are meeting up with the other volunteers this evening for a bring your own food beach barbeque. At 5 o’clock we walked to Leybato’s and found the other volunteers. The fire was lit and we waited for it to get going. We then started putting on some of our food, tiger prawns, pepper and tomato skewers, and some peppered beef and onions. We ate these with bread and jacket potatoes. The new volunteers had brought some huge pieces of fish and salad. We left for home at about 8 o’clock leaving the other volunteers chatting around the fire.
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