There are plenty of workings all around.
Market day
Robin (geo) and Yacoub (worker)
There still is plenty of water around
...and plenty of dust

This last month has seen me head to new pastures and start a short contracting job with African Mining & Exploration in Mali. I didn't know much about Mali before I arrived but have found it to be a beautiful country, with lovely people always ready with a smile. Especially the children who get a kick out of a return wave from a tubabu (white person). It's a pretty funny sight and sound to have a group of kids running around waving at you all the while shouting out "tubabu, tubabu".
We are based in a village 75km south-west of Bamako with a beautiful backdrop of sandstone cliffs (sorry no pictures as yet) and we work another 40min further on. The lanscape is different to the places in Cote d'Ivoire I worked, being a little dryer and therefore dustier. La saison de chaleur has arrived now bringing with it days of +40deg and a hot dry wind, but luckily for me I like the heat so while it's not comfortable it is bearable. The worst thing is the sweat flys that enjoy the little nooks and crannys of your face, and now that I am getting old (and qualifing for the vets team I'm told) I seem to have a few more of these than I used to have!
I haven't been very good with photos so far, but here are a few to give you an idea.

Before I forget a big congrats to the BRFC lads who topped the table this year, gaining automatic promotion for next year.