Perhaps the first thing to note, especially for those following on,is that the mornings and evenings are getting distinctly chilly and the ride to school on the open bus in the mornings already requires a jacket, and possibly by next week a woolly hat!
A second week of holiday club but this week we`re at Sende, a village outside Livingstone where the school rejoices in the name of Twabuka, translated as `awake` or `morning` or `dawn`, a name full of optimism if ever there was.
The last few miles are along sandy, bumpy roads past "homesteads" of thatched huts and well-swept yards from where waving children call out the now familar mantra of "BookBus" and "Kelly".
Some of the children (and the occasional adult,teasing with a broad grin) are also calling out "one book! one book!", a reference to a project run by the BookBus last year to actually get a book in every hand.
We park by the pre-school building which is a little way from the village and has a handy shady tree nearby under which a group of children are already gathered. By the time the mats are out and we`ve launched into books and activities many more are arriving and yet again it`s time to improvise,extemporise and generally think on our feet to ensure all the children get something to take home with them.
It`s a delight to watch as the children wander back down the tracks at the end of a morning clutching - or wearing - the results of their labours. The lions were particularly impressive,
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the big ones making sure the little ones don`t get left out,
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then a helping hand to clear up
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before heading home.
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