What a way to spend a Monday morning! A requirement was needed for a few tonne of aggregate for the school and 6 of us volunteered to be dropped off at a small quarry area to shift the stone - by hand! However, with the views that we had, Springboc skipping around, we weren't complaining about an hours hard graft in the relative cool of the morning (at 7.30am)We had been told that the Monday was going to be an extremely tough day. The aim was to get the floor completely finished and the roof on. However, disaster struck late morning and one of the team had quite a nasty accident which resulted in a dislocated elbow. We have a Dr with us at all the times on these projects and they were swiftly dispatched in the "bucky" for a 2hr drive to the nearest hospital. We were all really concerned, especially as the casualty had been quite an integral part of the team. We also were then restricted to less risky activities whilst we had no Dr on site with us. However, un-deterred, we undertook as much as physically possible and actually managed to get quite a lot done. The floor was prepared and trenches were dug for water and drainage, and whilst we weren't meant to use ladders, we started on the roof!
A little later that evening, we were taken for a quick drive in the old military truck to go and watch the sun set. It was absolutely spectacular, topped off nicely with a cold can of beer. When we got back to camp that night, we were amazed to see our colleague and the Dr back already. Fortunately they had managed to pop back in her elbow, and whilst she was on light duties she stayed with us for the rest of the trip doing really useful things like making sure we had our hard hats on and keeping the kids away from the tools.
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