On Tuesday, after my morning ablutions, I joined Jem for breakfast nice and early. Rather nice jam/marmalade was on offer which was made from lime and Scotch Bonnet peppers, it had quite a nice kick to thoroughly bring me around . After a little while, the Funky Bus from the Ministry arrived with the crew and it was time for work once again.

Now, last year I said that our driver (Ogis I think his name was – lovely chap) had a tendency towards the Michael Schumacher style of driving. Well, this year we have a different driver (Ogis has apparently had an accident so is off sick for the moment) and he is a little more like Lewis Hamilton – pretty quick but nowhere near as refined as the master. The tyres were squealing round the corners as we made our way through Carib Territory and past Melville Hall Airport to Wesley Primary School in the North East of the island.

The weather gods must have read yesterday’s post about the rain and sent us some scorchingly hot sunshine for most of the day. I’m not sure which I prefer now. A little cooler tomorrow if you’re reading this please

Once at Wesley, we unpacked the Funky Bus and proceeded with our usual style to install a suite of 10 computers in the school. While waiting for the cabling team to catch up a little, I decided to go for a little wander around and have a quick puff on a ‘cancer stick’ (terrible habit I know, I must give them up). Whilst out, an old gentleman hailed me from his garden and asked me where in the world I was from. I told him I was from the UK and he asked which part. After a little conversation, he told me he had lived in/near Nottingham for many years and was about to return for a visit to see his relatives. He then went on to explain that the name ‘Wesley’ was from John Wesley and that Wesleyan preachers had visited the island to convert the locals to the Methodist faith. This is an example of one of the great things about Dominica, the local people are so friendly and welcoming, it’s truly marvellous. Oh, but I won’t tell you what he said about Americans though

Back on track, I returned to finish off the installation and have yet another lovely lunch (thanks guys!). We got finished in quick time and before heading back, I took a few shots of the school and its surroundings. Being in the North East (close to North East Secondary school from last year), we were on the Atlantic side of the island. The school yard has magnificent views of both the ocean and the island mountains.

Tim wanted to call in at a school in Marigot which had been given a few machines from this shipment also, so we popped in there to make sure they were all fully functional. After our brief visit, we made our way back in the now familiar fashion to Rosalie Forest where the rest of the team disembarked for a swift Kubuli with Jem and myself.

Once again, we are having ‘Movie Night’ here. Thankfully, I brought a stash of good films with me which should last a while

Got my ‘beer head’ on tonight so pardon the spelling and grammatical errors

Back soon with more updates

TTFN