They're here

Around two o'clock we were all gathered into the main lounge to have a small prep talk on what to do when the Tanzanians arrived and we were all given designated jobs to do before they arrived i.e: One group was preparing lunch;
One group was sorting our clothes;
One group was to light the fires.

To our excitement and surprise the Tanzanians arrived at ten past two and so to the noise of the mini bus' car wheels we all ran outside to meet our Tanzanian friends. It was exciting to see the faces of the students and leaders which would be our guests and friends for the next three weeks of our lives.

Once we had meeted and greeted, we all sat inside the warm lounge and the leaders of both the Cumbria and Tanzanian groups exchanged speeches. The Tanzanians express their excitement and couldn't show enough just how grateful they were to be here.

Once we had discussed what we were going to do for the day we split up into our groups again some cooking food and some giving the Tanzanians some new clothes to keep them warm.

Once we had done this we all went upstairs to eat some soup. After eating lunch we all moved to the two lounges where we given time to ask questions and get to know our guests better, we also used this time to sort out sleeping arrangements and help show out Tanzanians around. During this time a group of us were sent off to cook tea and not long after we were upstairs again eating pasta Bolognese with a pudding of rhubarb and apple crumble.

After a short period giving our food to digest we went downstairs into the barn where both groups of Tanzanians and Cumbrians exchanged culture though traditional Tanzanian dances to the vast musical and dancing talents of the Hokey Cokey from the Cumbrians. Once this was over a lot of people were tired and some went off to their sleeping dorms. However, the majority of us went back down to lounge where Ivan, one of the Tanzanian leaders was happy to answer any of our questions about Tanzanian and in return any of our questions about England. The Tanzanians were fascinated to discover what braces were, where we were given a lot of information on what daily life in Tanzania is like. Once the adults had slowly drifted off one by one the students got a good two hour period where we all sat around the fire and had a discussion of everything and anything and this was the end of our first day Gillerthwaite and the arrival of the Tanzanians.

James Collins