18th July:
Basket weaving women in the morning, which was rather eventful... Kate (the basket maker who's overseeing the women) came for the first time since I've been here. She started off by saying how disappointed she was that the women had been complaining about not progressing. But this is their third week of lessons and they haven't actually started the baskets yet, they are still learning the weaving pattern on their wooden frames, so if I were them I'd be grumpy too! Then Kate claims she's not being paid enough - but it's nearly £50 which is a fortune out here! She said she was sacrificing so much of her time to teach these women, but this is the first time I've seen her here and she did not teach them anything, she just came and made a fuss, drank the tea and left after an hour, when she turned up two hours late!! So I brought AJ to have a discussion with her about money and progress and it didn't solve much, apart from the deadline to teach the women how to weave baskets by the end of the week- which I highly unlikely but at least it gives her a kick up the bum!
The weavers left a lot later (around 4pm, cause they started so late).
George, one of the HIV group learning to weave baby baskets.
Had quite a chilled afternoon sketching and sunbathing.
Played pool with the Hampton guys after dinner and on the last game it was me vs Ali & Theo and I actually won- absolute fluke but I'm allowed to be smug about that one! Then Mikey (local drunkard/ pothead) came along to the bar and walked over to me... I spent the rest of the night trying to avoid his advances! Haha!
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