This is Cathy Buckle’s letter of last weekend. In it she writes “From all over the country there are first hand reports of people barely surviving by eating roots, wild berries, beetles and insects”. Sadly, I can confirm this. Essy’s Mum has had to resort to pounding her planting seeds in a pestle and mortar [...]
Entries from November 30th, 2008
Filming is now over
November 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
The BBC has departed and peace has descended upon our road. On the penultimate day of filming I was on a rest day and my car was still clamped, I needed to pay a cheque in at the bank and to do some supermarket shopping. Nothing for it but to take a bike, which I [...]
Zim dollars
November 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Zimbabwe
About the only thing Zim dollar notes are good for has been banned. At least sandpaper still appears to be an option!
Today’s filming
November 26th, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
The cameraman (Dan) arrived at my house at 04:30 and filmed me leaving the house and cycling up the road. He had a car so kept leap froging me and then filming my progress unitl we reached Southampton Central Station. He postioned himself near the entrance and was filming my approach when a cabbie jumped [...]
Stupid bus stops
November 25th, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Here’s stupid bus stop number 1, the first of what may become an occasional series. The problem here is that the bus stop, as marked out on the road, is exactly the same length as bus give or take 10mm! But this is only a problem because there is ‘no run’ in or ‘run out’ [...]
Things are very bad
November 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · Zimbabwe
We are begining to despair about how best to help Essy’s Mum and sister in Zimbabwe. Absolutely NOTHING is available in the shops and they are literally starving to death eating only a few vegetables a day. Previously we have been able to transfer money to them via Western Union with the specification that the [...]
