Wherever I lay my hat....

Or The Lake of 1000 Stars!Another busy week passed, helping a bit on the farm but 3 days spent working on the Internet connection and the satellite dish alignment. It seems that this is now better understood, by me at least and the connection is more reliable.It’s time to let you know how we live. And where! In this post there are images of our hut, very nice and spacious with large windows and a veranda. We go to sleep with a view of the sky and stars through the trees and wake to a cool breeze through the hut and the sound of the lake lapping on the beach some 50 yards away. We have a large double bed with good mattress and a good mosquito net. There are shelves with good storage and we have made hooks to hang our rucksacks so we can keep things tidy. We are woken at 6, wander 20 yards to our outside hot and cold shower. Then we get dressed, and prepare for the day. Then we walk about 7 minutes to the lodge and have breakfast at the lodge veranda meeting table. ( A roll with butter and jam and tea or coffee. ) Then 7.00 is morning roll call for staff at the lodge and the day starts.This morning as we came across the beach we saw the tracks of the local crocodile where he had come out of the lake and went into a pool left as the river has dried up. (There were Italian guests yesterday who has seen him, and had images, a mean looking guy. ) We took a couple of pictures and hastened to breakfast. Will we snorkel later today, Maybe!We are not missing the UK, Tesco, shopping, driving, laundry, vacuuming or any of our old lives so far.We spend our days on our work and at 5 to 5:30 while there is light go and shower and get ready for a couple of beers on the beach and then eat either with guests, or just the volunteers sit on the beach with a beer and a simpler meal, (bean stew and rice usually with some real strong chilli!)Anyway that’s this week’s update. We are looking to weekend, snorkelling, catching up with reading and a walk to the Beobab tree, it 2000 years old and 29 metres in circumference.