Under Pressure!!

I am most disgusted (as I'm sure most of you are) that I don't have a picture of the jetty in all it's glory!! For the endless months and harping on about it, you'd expect me to have hundreds of them. Alas, I have only the unvarnished product, but I'm sure you can envisage the finished version. I will try remember to pop down tomorrow and get some of it.

Things have been ploddong along merrily for the last week or so. The most recent group of kids, had (or at least led to me to believe they did) a wonderful time. It was refreshing to have such a small and interactive group.

School's out for a bit, so it's giving me a spot of extra time in camp as opposed to being on the road or roaming around Manda Hill doing the shopping. And excting things are happening!! Today (and I don't know why I'm so excited about it but I am!!), we managed to install the 'uber'-pressure pump, which has been a roaring success (for now??) and boosted the water pressure phenomenally. I'm still waiting for the blowout and frustrating aftermath though cos the installation was a little tooo smooth. But fingers crossed it'll all stay as is and present no further problems. This does of course mean that we are in a different league to other lodges (well at least according to The Madam's philosophy) as we are now a lodge without, or at least with very few water problems....Haha, I hear ominous music and drumrolls followed by 40days and 40nights of burst pipes, no water or some other frustration concerning H2O...

Other Excellent news is that last weekend was well spent sitting in the empty pool trying out all manner of Pratley products on the cracks. For now(and that's a big FOR now), the pool is not leaking....at all. So now that we've already crossed fingers for the 'Uber'-pump, it's time to cross toes or something for the pool and bank movement.

Does it sound like I've had any time for fishing?? I'll admit that although I've been 'lus' to put the boat in the water, I've been lazy!! Not only that, I've been feeling a bit downtrodden having destroyed 4 rather costly fishing rods in as many weeks. Granted three of them were as a direct result of 30tonnes of cement, and the other succumbed to the jaws of 'The Hound', but it has nonetheless dampened my fishing spirit. It's somewhat encouraging though that the afternoon boat for this week's camp lost 5 good fish in two hours so I've tentatively set aside Sunday afternoon for some Simply Wildness and going to launch a Diabolical assault on the Tigrees.

In parting, here's something a little something I dug out of Intrepid WW's stash, I'm not entirely sure if it's been in before. My apologies if it has.....

For now, Under Pressure, The Commodore;))

Suspected thief blinded

AN instant justice mob of Mupata village in Mpulungu on Tuesday night beat up and pierced the eyes of a suspected thief from the same village after he allegedly attempted to steal from the house of one of the villagers.
A check by ZIS at Mpulungu police station today found the unnamed man lying in pain with a blood-smeared face as a mob of angry youths chanted slogans in solidarity with the action taken against the man at a distance.
One of the youths spoken to expressed satisfaction at the action of the villagers saying the suspect was known for his thieving activities.
He said the action would also serve as a warning to all those contemplating thieving activities in Mupata, a village notorious in theft cases.
The suspected thief was only saved by patrolling police officers last night and police say they have launched investigations in the matter.-- Zana/ZIS