Day 8

The last day with the Terrible Trio.  Errol and Joe decided that they could not leave the island without having conquered Jacob's ladder.  By the time that I came down for breakfast at 8 am, the 2 rather happy (but tired) men came had just returned.

 699 steps to the top

 The last few steps

Piece of old Tacky!!

Joe then stood us to breakfast at the Consulate

10 am Errol, Claudia, Graeme and I visited SHAPE - the place of sheltered employment for the handicapped.  Errol preached

One of several hair pin bends on the road back to Jamestown

On the way home we stopped at the top of Jacob's Ladder to impress Claudia with her husband's achievement that morning.

Errol and Claudia standing at the top of Jacob's Ladder with the RMS in the background, ready to take them back to SA the next day

Claudia at the top of Jacob's ladder

Jamestown as seen from the top of Jacob's Ladder

While we were doing "the tourist thing" at the top of the Ladder, one of the Saints was watching us.  We asked him whether he climbed the ladder on a regular basis.  He said that as a child he often slid down the ladder, and he then showed us how it is done.

Next we had lunch with Adrian and Verline at their fast food outlet

The scrummiest ribs you can imagine

For our final 7pm meetings, I took Joe to the Levelwood community centre, and Graeme took Errol and Claudia to the Sandy Bay Community centre.

Only 5 ladies came to the Levelwood meeting, but, together with Arthur, Danny, Hannah, Edyta and Gareth, it was a lovely intimate time, where Joe had much liberty in preaching.  Gareth and Edyta led the singing, and Arthur gave his testimony.

 After the meeting, Arthur and Danny (who live very close by) rushed home to get cups, kettle, tea and biscuits.  Here Joe is serving the ladies

Hannah "smiling" for the camera

 Hannah listening

 There was a good turn out at the Sandy Bay Community centre.  A young girl, Alex, was asked to play the tambourine, while the musicians played on their key boards.

 There was a good response to Errol's preaching

On a lighter note - here is a picture of the 2 creatures that had Joe impressed/amused/guessing every night when he walked past our bedroom - which is a bit of a family room. (Graeme and I and the 2 pugs sleep there all night, and the 3 cats wander in and out at various stages.)  Joe said that he would hear this dreadful sawing noise - sometimes in various keys - coming from our room.  He could not be sure which of the creatures sleeping there were making the noise.

Pugs seldom bark, but make constant snorting, snuffling, snoring noises - even when they are awake.