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This rocks! Im getting paid! LOVE IT! - 19/Nov/2012 15:47 - 4176 days ago
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Pipe dreams from the Shire… - 30/Dec/2010 22:33 - 4866 days ago
This is the final post on the outofafrica2010 blog. I set up the blog back in March. As the title suggests it was primarily inte...
Pipe dreams from the Shire… - 30/Dec/2010 22:33 - 4866 days ago
This is the final post on the outofafrica2010 blog. I set up the blog back in March. As the title suggests it was primarily inte...
Late Christmas Presents… - 30/Dec/2010 14:35 - 4866 days ago
David Cameron hasn’t had much to say for himself lately, leaving Cleggy to pick up the pieces of a coalition government in dis...
Late Christmas Presents… - 30/Dec/2010 14:35 - 4866 days ago
David Cameron hasn’t had much to say for himself lately, leaving Cleggy to pick up the pieces of a coalition government in dis...
And so this was Christmas… - 29/Dec/2010 00:21 - 4867 days ago
And so this was Christmas … The festive season began under a blanket of snow with the mercury dipping as low as -12˚C over th...
And so this was Christmas… - 29/Dec/2010 00:21 - 4867 days ago
And so this was Christmas … The festive season began with a blanket of snow and the mercury dipping as low as -12˚C over th...
The Wintersmith takes grip in the Shire - 20/Dec/2010 16:36 - 4876 days ago
The Wintersmith has well and truly taken a grip in the Shire, with an overnight temperature of minus 19ËšC recorded in Pershore ...
The Wintersmith takes grip in the Shire - 20/Dec/2010 16:36 - 4876 days ago
The Wintersmith has well and truly taken a grip in the Shire, with an overnight temperature of minus 19ËšC recorded in Pershore ...
Sunday morning with Gauguin - 16/Dec/2010 13:20 - 4880 days ago
On a bright Sunday morning Gem and I wandered down to the south bank via Starbucks at St Paul’s, where the cathedral bell...
Sunday morning with Gauguin - 16/Dec/2010 13:20 - 4880 days ago
On a bright Sunday morning Gem and I wandered down to the south bank via Starbucks at St Paul’s, where the cathedral bell...
Saturday afternoon at‘the Cottage’ - 15/Dec/2010 23:24 - 4881 days ago
It has been a busy week or so since returning from Rwanda. Over the last ten days I’ve caught up with family and friends in Br...
Saturday afternoon at‘the Cottage’ - 15/Dec/2010 23:24 - 4881 days ago
It has been a busy week or so since returning from Rwanda. Over the last ten days I’ve caught up with family and friends in Br...
50 years of‘the Street’ - 14/Dec/2010 19:52 - 4882 days ago
Coronation Street has always been my preferred soap. I even remember, as a seven-year old, watching the very first black and w...
50 years of‘the Street’ - 14/Dec/2010 19:52 - 4882 days ago
Coronation Street has always been my preferred soap. I even remember, as a seven-year old, watching the very first black and w...
Aussies in a spin! - 08/Dec/2010 22:25 - 4888 days ago
It is 23 long years since England last brought back the Ashes from down under. On that occasion Mike Gatting’s team won the se...
Aussies in a spin! - 08/Dec/2010 22:25 - 4888 days ago
It is 23 long years since England last brought back the Ashes from down under. On that occasion Mike Gatting’s team won the se...
Imagine………….. - 08/Dec/2010 17:05 - 4888 days ago
Imagine! Â It was 30 years ago today that John Lennon was gunned down, outside the Dakota building in the Manhattan district of ...
Imagine… - 08/Dec/2010 17:05 - 4888 days ago
Imagine……Â it was 30 years ago today that John Lennon was gunned down, outside the Dakota building in the Manhattan ...
Hakuna Matata! - 06/Dec/2010 18:30 - 4890 days ago
Last Friday evening was my last in Nyakarambi, my home for the last three months. It could only be spent at KMCÂ especially as M...
Hakuna Matata! - 06/Dec/2010 18:30 - 4890 days ago
Last Friday evening was my last in Nyakarambi, my home for the last three months. It could only be spent at KMCÂ especially as M...
Brochettes, beer and fond farewells - 03/Dec/2010 16:08 - 4893 days ago
And so the end is near and yesterday evening I hosted a brochettes and beer evening at KMC. There were a dozen of us present; he...
Pulp Fiction……&non fiction! - 02/Dec/2010 14:48 - 4894 days ago
Yesterday afternoon I made my final bus journey to Kibungo, forty minutes up the road, to say goodbye to Cathy and Louise, two y...
Sven’s men got me singin’the blues - 30/Nov/2010 15:08 - 4896 days ago
My final week out here in Rwanda is turning out to be another quite slow affair. Moto excursions, to monitor the REAP English tr...
FC at UTC and breakfast with the Lion King - 29/Nov/2010 14:52 - 4897 days ago
On Saturday, with December still a few days hence, I unexpectedly had my first encounter with Christmas at the sparkling UTC (Un...
Tying Up Loose Ends…(150 up!) - 27/Nov/2010 11:18 - 4899 days ago
I’m spending my final weekend in Kigali. I caught the 07.30 International Express  from Nyakarambi and at 10.15 I arrived at ...
Andrew the story teller (they call him the‘Wandera’)&Alexis’Corner (Part 2)….. - 27/Nov/2010 11:17 - 4899 days ago
Last week all teachers, supposedly, were involved in the first week of a nationwide four-week training programme in English. I s...
North London‘derby’in Nyakarambi! - 21/Nov/2010 08:22 - 4905 days ago
We have been promising ourselves a Saturday afternoon visit to KMC to watch a match on Msafiri’s big screen. Given that this w...
Mutesi’s World - 21/Nov/2010 07:06 - 4905 days ago
‘Well I came upon a child of God, she was walking along the road, I asked her where she was going and this she told me……â€...
Mützig and jambo with the lads! - 17/Nov/2010 16:53 - 4909 days ago
Today was my final visit to Nyamateke School, to lead a training session on Classroom Observation, although I will be seeing the...
A severe dose of‘man flu’………….. - 15/Nov/2010 15:16 - 4911 days ago
Apologies to my ‘regulars’ for the lack of postings over the last week or so, principally the result of a severe bout of ‘...
‘Salon de Coiffure’–African Hair Cut Sir? - 05/Nov/2010 15:21 - 4921 days ago
I had been thinking for some time that a haircut was in order. Although I don’t have much, it has a tendency to grow in all th...
Jean-Claude– ‘Batman!’ - 05/Nov/2010 15:15 - 4921 days ago
There is a lovely circular walk which follows Kibuye’s one –way system and affords beautiful views across Lake Kivu. As is a...
Lake Kivu– A Creation Myth&Cautionary Tale (in a‘pea’shell!) - 05/Nov/2010 15:00 - 4921 days ago
Long ago back in the mists of time the area which is now covered by Lake Kivu was a hot, dry grassy plain where the people toile...
‘Home St Jean’ - 05/Nov/2010 14:51 - 4921 days ago
For the last two nights I have been staying at the small town of Kibuye on the banks of Lake Kivu. Kibuye is about half way down...
Primate Safaris - 02/Nov/2010 17:49 - 4924 days ago
With school teachers on holiday for the week and my presence not required at the second installment of VSO in country training,...
‘High Noon’at Nyakarambi&Glaws gun down Tigers in Kingsholm showdown! - 31/Oct/2010 15:53 - 4926 days ago
Weekends are the quietest part of the week in Nyakarambi. On Saturday a number of businesses are closed because the owners are S...
End of School Year Celebrations–Rwandan Style - 31/Oct/2010 07:39 - 4926 days ago
Friday marked the end of the Rwandan school year. I spent the whole day ‘celebrating’ with my two schools. Flora, head of...
Chance encounters……. - 27/Oct/2010 16:19 - 4930 days ago
This week has been very slow. Being exam week, and the final week of the Rwandan academic year, heads and teachers are so tied u...
Five Go Wild In Akagera! - 24/Oct/2010 19:07 - 4933 days ago
Once upon a time in Rwanda, five VSO volunteers, Abdel, Cathy, Louise, Mark & Phil, had a spiffing idea. They thought it wo...
Co-operative Kakira–Art Imigongo - 19/Oct/2010 13:22 - 4938 days ago
My services weren’t required in school today so having paid a cursory visit to the District Office to use their printer I deci...
Seeds of Peace at Lake Muhazi - 18/Oct/2010 17:37 - 4939 days ago
Lake Muhazi is 60 km long but nowhere is it wider than 5km. Its serpentine shape is broken by numerous spidery tendrils stretchi...
I bless the rains down in Africa! - 14/Oct/2010 20:26 - 4943 days ago
Toto’s lyrics came to mind today. The short rainy season is now well and truly with us. The temperature has dropped slightly,...
‘It was the trap and the peanut wot done it!’ - 14/Oct/2010 19:46 - 4943 days ago
Since moving  into our new premises we have been aware that we are not alone. The tell-tale signs of rodent companions soon be...
Amavubi Stars fade as the Squirrels cut lose - 11/Oct/2010 14:56 - 4946 days ago
To borrow a well worn phrase from an over excited Norwegian football commentator, Paul Kagame, your boys took one hell of a bea...
Alexis’Corner of Rwanda - 07/Oct/2010 06:16 - 4950 days ago
Kirehe is the driest district in Rwanda and although we are in the ‘short wet season’ (September to December) there has be...
Teachers– more precious than gold! - 05/Oct/2010 18:28 - 4952 days ago
Today October 5th, in observance of World Teachers’ Day, Rwandan schools were closed and teachers countrywide engaged in a cel...
News&Views from the UK - 03/Oct/2010 08:16 - 4954 days ago
Thanks to all of you who have been keeping in touch either by email or posting messages on the blog. It is very much appreciated...
A house with pillars, pineapples and a mango tree! - 03/Oct/2010 06:18 - 4954 days ago
We had been told that from the outset that our initial accommodation in ‘Sonia’s House’ would only be until the end of Sep...
Dorothy clicks her ruby shoes and bids farewell to Nyakarambi - 03/Oct/2010 06:05 - 4954 days ago
I can’t help associating the name Dorothy with the Wizard of Oz. Thinking about it I’m sure a number of parallels could be d...
Fred, Frank and the quest for a green card! - 02/Oct/2010 16:10 - 4955 days ago
I was issued with a Rwandan visa during the VSO in country training, in Kigali, but a green card is also required. Applications ...
Thumbs up beneath the starlit African sky - 30/Sep/2010 18:47 - 4957 days ago
Yesterday was given over to further classroom visits at Nyamateke School. However on this occasion I had timetabled gaps betwee...
Chicken&Chips at‘KMC’ - 29/Sep/2010 15:28 - 4958 days ago
Yesterday was Abdel Illah’s birthday so the Kirehe district volunteers rallied round and took him for a celebratory meal at o...
Ubumwe, Umurimo, Gukina Igihugo - 27/Sep/2010 17:51 - 4960 days ago
I'm not quite sure why I bother shining my shoes and dressing smartly for school visits. By the time I climb down from Daniel's ...
The Madonna&the Gecko! - 26/Sep/2010 20:44 - 4961 days ago
I have returned from the not so bright lights of Kigali to Nyakarambi – well and truly back in the sticks! Having taken full a...
Hotel Des Milles Collines&‘Mancini City’! - 25/Sep/2010 16:27 - 4962 days ago
Officially Umuganda finishes at 11.00am on the last Saturday of each month but it seems like a lot of businesses don’t think ...
Umuganda! - 25/Sep/2010 08:42 - 4962 days ago
Today is Umuganda (Public Cleaning) Day! On the last Saturday of every month between 08.00 and midday the whole country embarks ...
The *Stella Express* to Nakumatt! - 25/Sep/2010 07:04 - 4962 days ago
I have timetabled visits to both my schools twice per week; Nyamateke (Mon/Weds) &Â Nyabitare (Tues/Thurs). I intend to use ...
Fanta Coca at Nyabitare and Nyamateke! - 23/Sep/2010 18:13 - 4964 days ago
The early morning scramble, through les pays des mille collines, on the back of Daniel’s moto and the return journey in the g...
Après tu Claude! - 20/Sep/2010 15:39 - 4967 days ago
Rwanda, being only 120km south of the equator, the daylight hours remain more or less constant throughout the year. First light ...
Nyarubuye Genocide Memorial - 20/Sep/2010 12:35 - 4967 days ago
Outside of the capital, Kigali, Rwanda is split along geographical lines into four provinces. Each province is divided into dis...
Off road romp to Mushikiri! - 18/Sep/2010 16:00 - 4969 days ago
Today, Friday, we had a baptism of fire off-road - an 80 minute round journey by moto. It was exhilarating, to put it mildly, a...
Moto-taxi to Rusumo Falls - 18/Sep/2010 14:42 - 4969 days ago
Dorothy, the existing education volunteer in Kirehe district, has made it very easy for us to begin settling into the local Nya...
Home Sweet Home–‘Sonia’s House’! - 18/Sep/2010 13:13 - 4969 days ago
Given that everything operates on African time here I suppose our departure from Kigali on Wednesday, two hours later than sched...
‘Heaven’as Forest record first win of the season! - 14/Sep/2010 22:21 - 4973 days ago
Today was a full day Seminaire – Atelier pour Employeurs. The workshop largely covered issues surrounding the development of...
Supermarket Sweep at T2000 aka‘The Chinese Shop’ - 13/Sep/2010 18:51 - 4974 days ago
Today was our last training day, comprising a  final Kinyarwanda lesson, followed by a session on the vagaries of performance...
Intore Dancers and Kimironko Market - 12/Sep/2010 18:28 - 4975 days ago
AÂ VSO family dinner was arranged for Saturday evening. It provided an opportunity for the new recruits to meet serving volunte...
Gisozi Genocide Memorial - 12/Sep/2010 13:57 - 4975 days ago
Yesterday, Saturday, we were taken to the Kigali Genocide Memorial. It was a very sobering experience. The memorial was opened i...
Hostel Rwanda! - 11/Sep/2010 10:32 - 4976 days ago
Torrential rain welcomed us as we touched down at Kigali Airport, around 14.00 hrs on Sunday 5th.  It was one  of the first d...
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