Landfill

Well its been a brilliant start to the week, the weird and the wonderful continues to be the norm in the media team. I have come to the slightly concerning realisation that people actually read what is written here. No matter I will continue in the same vein any way.
Today's highlight has been calling the local waste management to try to find out if a statement I made for the front page is correct. Now for me the idea that once you throw something away it is not possible to go find it again was both clear and obvious. However, other elements in our team felt this could be erroneous. Thus Ida and I called around the local landfills, what fun for a Tuesday afternoon, we discovered that people who work at landfills are very straight talking and that there is no chance of getting something back once you've chucked it. One point Lowri.

Strawberry fields forever

by : Ida Gaye

A beautiful summer sunset, friends and family, and fresh picked strawberries led to a memorable evening for the C4A Crew. The event was hosted by Stonepitt Farm in Sevenoaks which turned out to be a perfect setting for chillin’ out; and chill out we did! Once we arrived we were given baskets for strawberry and raspberry picking. For some of us this was a first-time experience, and therefore, some thought the bigger the strawberry the sweeter it will taste. This belief caused the strawberry picking to take longer than normal for some (not naming names: Avril Mhunduru).
When our baskets were full, we sat down for a picnic that was (if I do say so myself) delicious and full of variety (Thanks George ), and as the sun came down over the Kentish countryside we were graced by the charming sound of Dan Clews in concert (http://www.danclews.co.uk/). We also got to see our very own Martin Clews jam on the guitar, and his compadre the ‘Coconut Man from Goa’ singing songs that gave us joy and the desire to travel to GoaJ All in all...it was a great time and we’ve got the pictures to prove it!
Until next time...

Fremlins Walk

Well we had an awesome time on Friday and Saturday trying to get Maidstone locals excited about Computers 4 Africa. We learnt how to operate helium canisters, about manual handling (which sounds more amusing than it is) and how to put up a gazebo.

We had competitions based on how many leaflets we could give out, which I won but looking at this photograph its' small wonder.

We spent the day hearing the cries of small children as they released the helium balloons which had been given to them. I'm never sure that giving them away is a kind thing. If they don't let them go, then their siblings are jealous when they get home, if their siblings don't pop them then there is always the opportunity to cry when the balloon finally deflates as it inevitably does. Fortunately for us we were the bringers of joy not the fortellers of doom.
The sun was bright and wearing black was not a brilliant plan but we had a lot of fun. Watch this space for the video of Ida and Faith dancing (if they let me use it). We also had lots of fun decorating a computer for "Pimp my computer" competition. Lydia and I covered ourselves in gold paint and looked a little special (Lydia spent the day trying to hide the gold paint that covered her, I changed my top before we left). Check out our creation below, I'm not sure the picture does it justice.