It was odd waking up today without the three of us running about in our normal routine, perfectly coordinating ourselves like we did, preparing breakfast and making each other's water bottles. Mel had started to call Beau and I Mum and Dad even though we are both younger, but we always made sure she had everything she required for her day. I decided to do fried eggs on toast this morning, we had a long day at the farm ahead and needed our energy.
We walked to the farm as normal, it takes about 10 minutes and is normally cooler than the afternoon. Everyone was working on the farm today, but Mel and I stuck together, we work so well together it would be silly not too. Also it is becoming clear some of the others have had enough or are merely not fit enough or can't stand the heat, it's definitely taking its toll on all of us.
We set to work on another path, it's really taking shape now not the random field we arrived too. Some of the others set to work on a concrete slab for a compost heap, including Hayley who was passing through on her travels for the 8th time. It's clear once you have the bug for this place you either join the team or keep coming back. Path building is back breaking work at the best of times, hoeing the ground, wheel barrow after wheel barrow of sand and gravel, then you add no shade and soaring temperatures. I had sweat coming out of places I didn't even know sweat could. It's exhausting but so satisfying when you complete a path.
We walked back for lunch of egg fried rice take two, getting the hang of this burner now, it has two settings, extremely hot and very hot. Permenant supervision is required so we have installed a chair so Mel can keep me company. My body was dying so I had a quick nap.
After I awoke we returned to the farm for round two, some of the others had defected to work at the centre but Christy, Hayley, Mel and I soldered on, completing two more paths. Upon our return to the centre I got a chance to spend some time with Rosey while the others cleaned the tools, she was happier today and seemed pleased to see me, I bought some raisins from the shop,the other day so I gave her half the packet.
We were broken and barely made it to 8pm before we almost fell into our beds. However, we did get a chance to get with the girls and Richard and Bron to place our bets on the newbies, age, sex, nationality, eating and drinking preferences. I cannot tell you how exciting this was and then we got our new rota. It was like Christmas. There isn't a lot to do in the evenings here, and your normally too exhausted to even read.
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