Although the big Botswana adventure only starts on Monday October 21st, I decided to leave for the UK a few days early on Wednesday October 16th and spend some time with Nat & Didier as well as get over jet lag (Gaborone is only one hour ahead of London).
I arrived here on Thursday morning and have been taking it easy! I caught up with most of my friends here on Friday night as everyone descended onto a lovely village pub, The Jacob's Inn, in Wolvercote. We had amazing food and drinks and wonderful times catching up.
The weather hasn't been all that great with plenty of rain and wind at times, but we did see some sunshine as well. On Saturday, Nat, Didier and I took their dog Marlowe (a very cute 5-year old golden retriever) to the beach in Devon. We went to a small place, called Woolacombe that has a beautiful long, sandy beach. Unfortunately it started raining heavily just as we started throwing Marlowe's ball and we all got drenched. An ideal time to enjoy some delicious fish & chips and dry off. Luckily, by the time we finished lunch, the skies had cleared up making it a bright blue, sunny afternoon. Off to the beach we went again and an hour later, we ended up with one tired dog and three dry humans! To round off a long, fun day we had a steak dinner at The Fishes, a pub not far from where Nat & Didier live.
I kept it a quiet Sunday as Nat & Didier had a lot of work preparing for our big adventure so I made myself useful doing some odd jobs around their house. In the afternoon, the neigbors and some of my co-travellers came over for afternoon tea. Neighbors Richard and Hannah's 3-year old daughter Eva was the star of the occasion as she contributed to transforming Nat & Didier's hallway wall into a veritable work of chalk art!
With only a few hours to go before take-off (9pm GMT), I am going to start packing and repacking! The next time I write to you will be from Botswana, Mma Ramotswe's home country!
Best wishes to all!
Don
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