OK – so this is out of sequence but it’s big news! And, in
true English fashion it is about the weather!
We had our first rains on Wednesday 24th October!
It started in the afternoon and lasted maybe quarter of an hour. The roar of
the thunder, sure was a roar! Once the rain had stopped, the smell of the dampness
was so familiar and I realised I’d missed that smell for the last few weeks. It
rained again in the evening and as there are few street lights the lightning
was amazing. It seemed to last for ages. Really loud and really bright.
The upside to having the rain is that it cooled the
atmosphere. The downside was that on the Thursday, it was overcast all day and
made me feel quite miserable as I have so enjoyed seeing the blue sky and sun
every day, without fail, since I arrived. Get me – after a week I gave up carrying a cardigan with me. It’s short sleeves and bare legs every day!
I know you’re jealous. As yet, no tan as I spend most of the day indoors.
Sadly, lots of rather unsightly mosquito bites on my legs which thankfully seem
to heal quickly. I have lots of repellent and I put it on when I’m outside .
What I forget is that the mossies can come in through the window when I’m in
the office!
Anyway, back to the rain! The sunshine reappeared on the Friday
and has been back on blistering top form. What I find amazing is that my
Malawian colleagues in the offer seem to suffer with the heat as much as I do.
I, wrongly, imagined they would be used to it but, they aren’t. I suppose it’s the same as me feeling the cold
every English winter!
The rain is going to become more of a feature every day now.
Today (31st Oct) it was so heavy on the office roof at lunch time
that I couldn’t hear what someone was saying. The clouds seemed to clear
quickly today which was great. Lucky that the tortoise carried an umbrella and
a rain jacket in one of her many bags from Heathrow. What I may miss is my wellies!
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