From the minute we all congregated at Paddington station
in the ‘compulsory’ Touchstone Tshirts (thanks for that Midgley) instincts
kicked in this was going to be a great trip!
First stop - Heathrow airport bar! ‘Team bonding’
Second stop - Party flight to Johannesburg no films
required the team provided the in flight entertainment Third stop - Layover
hotel for one night, swimming pool/ bar/ casino and ending the night in the
reggae nightclub with Mr systems spaghetti
At this point your probably thinking are they on a
Touchstone jolly sponsored by Simon Barton’s company credit card....... until
this morning we all thought the same!
And then today the penny dropped and the realisation came
when we arrived in our village, the tears had begun before we had even stepped
foot off the bus......
Although nervous at first - both us and the village we
had bonded within the first hour.....
The first few hours were spent plastering myself and
everyone else in cement and trying not to burst into tears! Once both off those
areas were in check I began to enjoy myself and settle into village life
(mainly getting distracted by the children and getting told to get back
bricklaying)
By the end off the day the house was half built and I was
dying for a beer but could have stayed all night!
After listening to Midgleys never ending stories for the
last three nights, I didn’t believe it would be as moving and touching as it
has been and it’s only day 1!
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