Watch this space

Not much to report on. The cancellation of the trip has allowed me to go to one or two Fringe events that I would not otherwise have managed to attend. It has also given me some more time to work on the Access module which I suppose is all to the good.

This morning, I have written to the 3 secondary schools that we were to visit - Camps Bay High School near Cape Town, Rustenberg Girls' High School in Rondebosch and New Orleans Secondary School in Paarl. Hopefully, I will be able to set up links and can then send away the postcards that pupils have written in the hope of communicating with a South African pen pal.

Goodness knows if I will ever get to go on a Study Visit. Term-time is not a possibility, I have arrangements made already for the October break and so the first opportunity for me is next Easter. LECT will have further groups planned for summer 2007 and so if they want to rearrange our visit, then they would want to do this before the summer. Now I am in a dilemma about various things. I have a fair amount of South African Rand in my possession - I do not want to cash this in at the moment in case I need it (high optimism!). I also have flights booked for London in November which was to be our feedback session. It is unlikely that I would get a refund on this. Hopefully, the Director of LECT will make a decision soon so that I know where I stand. Then I have the gifts that I had gathered for the Township children. These can be stored for the time being and if a rearrangement is not possible, then I will post them out.

Following contact with a Reporter from the Times Educational Supplement, our story is to be published this Friday. I may even be quoted .......