After going through the skills with the teachers yesterday, we decided to show them some games today. We ran a 5-station rotation early doors which worked really well, it\u2019s amazing that as soon as you introduce some competition they really come out of their shells and before you know it we\u2019re awash with shouting and laughing.<\/p>\n
I really like working with adults, I think it\u2019s more of a 1-2-1 relationship you can enjoy with them as opposed to being a bit of an entertainer with some of the children. Quite a few of the coaches here have different opinions and I think it\u2019s great that we have such a mix here. You\u2019ll note I said \u201cthe coaches\u201d just then, myself & Rich were very pleased that as the cricketers in the group we could just stand back this morning and let the guys & Mac get on and run a tournament for 200 people. They\u2019re doing so well out here, I hope one or two of them go in to coaching officially when we return.<\/p>\n
Trying to depart was an interesting experience. We were completely mobbed, but in a different way this time, as they all wanted their photos taken with us. I decided we could sell this as a Red Letter Day, perhaps a \u201cCelebrity Experience\u201d as you constantly shake hands, smile and pull poses for the camera. I\u2019ve said it before but I\u2019ll say it again, it\u2019s an amazing gift to be able to give somebody so much with such little effort.<\/p>\n
We headed off on the massively long trip back to Nakuru in the afternoon, via a failed trip to a tea plantation. It\u2019s fairly typical of the planning here in Kenya that we were told we could go look around despite there being pretty clear signs saying you needed an invitation to be admitted. Just before turning around we decided to try our trump card; David DJ Jamieson.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been an honour to see this former MP work, he must be the most sociable person in the world. He is almost constantly off saying hello to people, in the week we\u2019ve been here we\u2019ve seen him on top of an old brick building, on theatrical stage, in a choir and today he was asked to pose for a portrait. He\u2019s the one we send to meet & greet, haggle a good price, and so we thought we\u2019d see if he could get us in to the tea plantation. Off he goes in his trilby hat towards security and within 30 seconds we\u2019ve seen good firm handshakes with everybody, big smiles and laughter from everybody. He\u2019s there for a while, we think he\u2019s done it again but unfortunately this time he comes up dry. Still, it was a treat for all of us to see a genius in action.\n\t\t