Title: Lynn Sellwood (
The Gambia)
Status: Active
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http://lynngambia.blogspot.com/
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All Things Must Pass - 21/May/2012 17:11 - 4365 days ago
The light on The Gambia is beginning to fade and I am prey to varied feelings. Sometimes I sit and wonder why I ever came to wor...
Uganda, the highs and lows...... - 30/Mar/2012 18:13 - 4417 days ago
Well, I knew it would be fun to visit another African country but truth be told I wouldn’t have chosen Uganda had it not been ...
Great Events - 29/Feb/2012 17:28 - 4447 days ago
People come and go in our lives over time but it is more concentrated here. Lots of people have fixed term contracts and you mee...
Charging Down the Home Strait - 21/Jan/2012 12:13 - 4486 days ago
It was really palpable as New Year came and went that my perspective on this episode of my life shifted. I can see the end, whic...
Compare and Contrast - 19/Nov/2011 17:00 - 4549 days ago
AnotherTobaskihas been and gone along with my friend Jay whom I first met in Barbados when she managed the rental of my house th...
Cows, Pigs and Birds - 31/Oct/2011 20:21 - 4568 days ago
I’ve been back in The Gambia for six weeks now and the pace has been hectic. There is so much going on at work in SQAD that ev...
Been and Gone - 25/Sep/2011 10:48 - 4604 days ago
So, my first experience of burglary was a not so pleasant event in the UK. I lost my precious computer (which wasn’t backed up...
Toothbrush and Spare Knickers - 09/Aug/2011 17:24 - 4651 days ago
So, at home, back in the UK and all that I worried about hasn’t happened. I thought I would feel guilty about having all this ...
Almost a Year Now! - 16/Jul/2011 09:31 - 4675 days ago
I can’t believe a year has almost passed. It is the rainy season again and I had forgotten just how hot and humid it can be. I...
Goodbyes........ - 09/Jun/2011 22:15 - 4712 days ago
I have got to an odd stage of my placement in The Gambia. Some volunteers that I have become friends with have left or they will...
A Week and a World Away - 15/May/2011 09:47 - 4737 days ago
I had been invited to the CCM (the Co-ordinating Committee Meeting) which is the meeting of all the senior personnel of the Mini...
Exhausted! - 05/May/2011 13:37 - 4747 days ago
The last month has seen me as host to more visitors, Vicky; another volunteer from up country came down and stayed because she w...
Old and New friends - 29/Mar/2011 15:02 - 4784 days ago
So, Andrew returned to The Gambia to accompany the cricket team to theT20in Ghana. I wish it could have been a fairy story but n...
The Real Meta Sangyang - 05/Mar/2011 11:04 - 4808 days ago
The weird thing about being in The Gambia, which is so unlike anywhere I have ever been before, in that, it is in Africa; very p...
Decisions and Driving - 10/Feb/2011 11:50 - 4831 days ago
I have been driving my car for two weeks. It is an Audi 100 with a new engine which has been modified. The bodywork is a little ...
Untitled - 25/Jan/2011 10:57 - 4847 days ago
Matt, me and Jenny behindMy current visitor is my son, Matthew. I am delighted he is here, not least because he had disavowed ai...
2011 The Beginning! - 11/Jan/2011 15:03 - 4861 days ago
So, the New Year came with a surprising event in the form of Kumpo.Kumpo about to perform. I cannot possibly de...
Goodwill to all Men (and Women!) - 29/Dec/2010 10:19 - 4874 days ago
In a predominantly Muslim country you would not expect to find that Christmas was observed in an obvious way. Not true in The Ga...
Sheer Bloody Luxury - 09/Dec/2010 21:26 - 4894 days ago
You may not know that the part of the Ministry of Education I work for is the Quality Assurance Directorate which is the Gambian...
Tobaski, Remembrance Day and egg-cups! - 26/Nov/2010 09:03 - 4907 days ago
First, you have to see the moon and then you prepare to buy the ram (or rams if you are wealthy). So, it all about the ram rathe...
Sometimes, Something or Someone Has to Give! - 15/Nov/2010 08:35 - 4918 days ago
Painted resources on wallsI’ll get straight to the point. I want you to donate some money to a good cause, that is, to support...
Where am I? - 01/Nov/2010 15:25 - 4932 days ago
I keep finding myself wondering what century I am in and sometimes I have to check which country too! Here in The Gambia, a...
Untitled - 19/Oct/2010 21:58 - 4945 days ago
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Learning that the simple life, ain't so simple after all! - 05/Oct/2010 19:22 - 4959 days ago
Just three people using their heads!Nothing is quite as easy or as simple it seems. I have been taking some street photos to giv...
Untitled - 25/Sep/2010 09:04 - 4969 days ago
Just when you think you have got it sussed then something unexpected happens!Walking down the side of the golf course I came acr...
Untitled - 16/Sep/2010 20:14 - 4978 days ago
Progress: Art and Ironing.Ironing Gambian StylieKeeping it hotProgress indeed. What about this for environmentally friendly, ene...
A Toubab’s View of Work, Football and Ramadan - 06/Sep/2010 22:27 - 4988 days ago
top: Pat, June, me, Tessa, Bernie, Marcus, Richardbottom: Jane,Vicky,Tom, Pete, AnikaWe are the Toubabs. This is what Gambians c...
Moving In and On - 24/Aug/2010 17:33 - 5001 days ago
After 20 minutes of rain!Rain like I have never seen before! It comes down so fast and furious that the roads become impassable ...
Coming and Going - 16/Aug/2010 12:12 - 5009 days ago
Preparing!First, the leaving. To say the last few days leading to 12th August was traumatic is pretty much an understatement. Th...
The Last Leg - 31/Jul/2010 15:07 - 5025 days ago
As you know, I was a little ambitious in arranging a series of holidays and events before I set off for The Gambia on (OMG) 12th...
Glastonbury Rocks! - 12/Jul/2010 19:45 - 5044 days ago
Well, it wasn't ever on my "must do before I die" list but I have to say that going to Glastonbury was one of the most amazing e...
People who are important to me (1) - 17/Jun/2010 15:29 - 5069 days ago
I want to start with The Bookclub. We started a bookclub in our street about three years ago and it has become a vital part of m...
Just an update really....... - 01/Jun/2010 10:58 - 5085 days ago
I suppose I had better come clean and tell you that my diet has not been going well for the past two weeks. I am struggling...
T-Shirt Travels - 21/May/2010 08:01 - 5096 days ago
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One Daughter and Two Sisters - 18/May/2010 09:15 - 5099 days ago
I am trying to record my journey towards going to The Gambia and it has been pointed out to me (by Lois, my daughter) that ...
The Election and the Aftermath - 10/May/2010 18:55 - 5107 days ago
Exhausting and Exhilarating.Exhausting, because I was walking in Stoke Newington for three days and those houses with 10 steps u...
Books and Babies - 29/Apr/2010 11:48 - 5118 days ago
Bookclubs are fascinating and I'm sure the one I belong to is no exception. We are the "Old Toms" named because the members...
Some Progress - 16/Apr/2010 08:42 - 5131 days ago
Progress being made in lots of respects. I am being sponsored (money to VSO) to lose 20lbs by August 1st. See Just Giving link i...
The Plan is now taking shape - 07/Apr/2010 16:16 - 5140 days ago
Lots going on but mostly in my head! I am embarked on a promise (in order to raise money for VSO) to lose 20lbs by August 1st.&n...
Untitled - 29/Mar/2010 13:46 - 5149 days ago
Now at week two and I am wondering about how to protect myself against malaria. I have two choices; a drug which has t...
March 22nd 2010 - 23/Mar/2010 14:47 - 5155 days ago
It all starts today! I woke up far too early. Over-excited I think. I found myself in the gym at 7.45 am with grim determin...
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