Category: Daily

  • Rugby

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    How close was the England – South Africa game on Saturday night? OK, the scoreboard might say 15-6, but the game was lost by inches (I’m talking about the near-try at the start of the second half of course). The South African’s defense was solid and their lineouts were awesome, however. They played superbly, with…

  • Baking

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    Kim has been baking again. This time she baked and iced a Cinderella cake for a friend of a friend’s 3-year-old daughter’s birthday party.

  • Driving sucks

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    Some days I need to drive into work, and I’m reminded of why I cycle. Commuting by car sucks. Even when it’s wet it’s better by bike (although having a cycle path helps).

  • New Sony

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    To make it clear that I will not be buying the first iteration of iPhone due to be released in the UK on November 9th I’ve signed up for a new contract with 3, and picked up a shiny new Sony Ericsson K770i. My number will get ported across in the next few days. The…

  • UK Pumpkin Shortage!

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    Oh no! Our bad summer weather has apparently hit the pumpkin harvest this year! The BBC reports that, “Britain’s leading pumpkin farmer says wet weather in June and July means that his crop is down by 30% and his pumpkins lack their traditional colour. “It’s a disaster. Everybody knows that pumpkins are orange,” said David…

  • Home

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    I’m home! We got back to Swansea around 3.30am this morning. It’s a bit of a culture shock, but it’s nice. As predicted by the Law of Sod I did develop a bit of Banjul Belly on the last day, but my cast-iron gut seems to be barely troubled by it, luckily. Jack’s very happy…

  • Leaving The Gambia

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    The teaching went well yesterday. I had sweat dripping from my nose into the chalk dust almost the whole time – I never realised that I moved around so much. The students understood me and behaved very similarly to students in Swansea. Hopefully I’ll see some of them again, but maybe in Swansea in the…

  • Bitten

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    Damnit! I’m covered in mossie spray and yet I’ve still been bitten. I’ve been bitten in one of the few places that I didn’t treat with insect repellent. Yes, I’ve been bitten on my arse.

  • Pool time

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    After a very long morning meeting, we’re finally getting some well deserved pool time. Nobody works on friday afternoon in The Gambia. Well, except us. And probably taxi drivers. But at least we’re working beside the pool in shorts and t-shirt. Taxis held together by rust and dust. African Atlantic. Pool side. Don’t forget to…

  • Contrasts

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    It has surely been a day of contrasts today. After spending the morning at the Medical School and the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital we visited the MRC’s base in The Gambia. The RVTH is very poorly funded (for example the pathology labs have only H+E staining only, and manual histological processing – imagine how this…