well it is Monday now and so far we have been back to our normal routine of scouring the blueberry field in search of the ever more elusive berries. However, this evening there may be a bonfire so looking forward to that We have had some amazing talks with all the different people we have met. Yesterday some of Wei wei's friends from China came and it was great to talk to them I had no idea how hard they have to work to get into University in China, apparently if they don't get into the best Unis in China they then start looking to go to the best of our English Universities. I had a lovely talk with one of the girls called Agnes she actually got into and through university in China in electronic communication and is now in the last few weeks of her Msc at Bristol. She has had to work so hard and she is convinced her english is not good enough to stay here, but I think she was brilliant at English. It certainly makes me think of living in England and already speaking English in a new way.
We have both come to the realisation that we have not seen enough of the world and we have been seriously considering taking up Vicki and Simon's offer of a wwoof opportunity in New Zealand. When they go back I think they are going to sell up and buy some land and become Wwoof hosts themselves. We have been looking at how we might do it and how much it might cost and it is not as expensive as I thought it might be.
Tuesday through thursday we have had many hours of picking blueberries we are becoming experts in picking. It does make me giggle because the trays we use remind me of cat litter trays, but when we fill 5-6 of those to half full every day that is a lot of blueberries.
Francesca and Matt carrying trays of blueberries
One days collection of blueberries
Other than that we have been spending a lot of time being sociable in the evening too! On tuesday night we had a bonfire (Vicky and Simon ripped out a lot of old woodwormy floor boards out of the barn that they were converting) which was fantastic, Wei wei also had these lovely lanterns which we lit and we wrote wishes on. These were then released into the sky and we watched until we could no longer see them.
getting the lanterns ready
releasing the lanterns
the bonfire! which was huge!
Vicky and Simon admirring the ever increasing fire.
One of the cats decided to make friends with us as well This kitty is moonshine and he a very silly kitty it took him a week and a half before he had the confidence to sit on us!
Matt with Moonshine practically on his shoulder
Moonshine on my lap it took him a week and a half to work up the confidence.
Francesca, Alicia and Matt on the search for mushrooms and berries.
Matt, Francesca, Vicky, Simon and Alicia.
Me, Matt and Simon picking hawthorn berries.
Matt, Francesca, Simon and Alicia picking hawthorne berries.
Friday: we had our last day on the blueberry farm and it was great we were allowed to have the afternoon off and we were able to chill out a bit and go up to the cleave for the last time. When we got back we had the most amazing sushi and other food i don't know the name of but it was amazing! After dinner we all decided to watch a film, so after much discussion and voting we agreed to watch 'the curious tale of Benjamin button.' It was a beautiful film, in fact so beautiful that I cried, I couldn't help even in front of everyone. After that we had to say goodbye to everyone which was sad but also happy, we have the email addresses of everyone. I have never had a good bye like it, I look forward to seeing them again already!
Saturday we left quite early and made our way to the next place, which I will not mention much other than we didn't like it there and we decided to leave, which suffice to say meant that on sunday night we unexpectedly found ourselves in need of a B&B after 7pm. However despite the negative aspects, we are now enjoying the very nice room in a B&B (that thank you very much to mummy bee for arranging it for us) in Cardigon. However, it also seems that fate has decided that we are able to go back to our favourite Welsh farm tomorrow! So yay!
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