Tuesday 21st October

The traffic was much better in Kampala today as the sun was shining and so the roads were not so busy. This meant we were at the farm by 9.45am having left at 8.30am. Today we had a few different tasks to be doing, these were

1- Make the shuttering to go round the columns into which concrete would be poured, the shutters were made of 4, what looked like, scaffolding boards

2- Place spacers onto the metal framework so that when the shuttering is put in place, and the concrete poured, the metal doesn't show through; as with weathering and rusting of the metal this can effect the structural integrity

3- Move more bricks!!

4- Start to make the concrete that would form the columns

Again today it was very hot, probably more so than yesterday, and loads of sun cream was applied often. The building site is on a hill over looking a green and luscious valley which means that though the view is lovely if there is no breeze the sun beats down and can burn us very easily. October is not one of Uganda’s hottest months and when we asked some of the locals how they found the heat they said it was fantastic; they were all wearing trousers, shirts and overalls and found that this was quite comfortable.

One of the builders was telling us about his working schedule; they arrive at the building site at 7am and work until 5pm every day except Sunday- this day is reserved for church and family time. Most of the workers live in the village about 30mins walk from the farm and they have quite a community atmosphere.

Over lunch our conversation turned to food, as it very often does! The group were recounting their favourite dinners, accompaniments and snacks and many were wishing for home cooking as we ate our jam sandwiches!

We left the site at 3pm today to try and get home before the traffic and succeeded, arriving at 4.30pm.

Some rest and relaxation followed before dinner at 6pm. TBC