Monday morning unexpectedly turns up and the second week of our wwoofing experience kicks off with more varnishing and some roof paneling work at the op center. The tables and chairs are all made with recycled wood from old pallets that needed to be sanded and then painted with three separate coats of varnish to withstand outside weather. Its not the most fun work but its great to be outside in the sun and the beautiful scenery chatting to the other people who work at TerraPi. Environmental projects tend to attract some interesting characters. It takes a certain person to wave goodbye to the global rat race and work on an ecologically sound rural farm. Kat and I had some wonderful conversations with the staff about; The coming Armageddon (2012 but luckily after the London Olympics because I was looking forward to going), When world war three will start (apparently in a couple of weeks), The evil of crosswords (think about it during your day), The negative effects of photographs (should they be banned?) and the history of South Africa which would make a fascinating and mammoth television series. After work on Monday Kat and Danny were complaining of stomach cramps and feeling sick so they retire to the house to lie down while outside Brett starts cooking the evening braai (BBQ). Brett, one of the staff had been out in the afternoon working along the borders of the farm helping the neighbouring farmer burning some of the bush land. He was also checking the recent leopard trap which hadn't caught a leopard but a wild boar. The boar turned into a carrier bag of pork chops and Brett cooked for everyone out on the deck while we drank cold beers and watched the sun go down. Kat and Danny were joined by another woofer Matt who was being sick in the bush and complaining of stomach cramps and during the night Max and I felt sick. The rumour mill ran a riot on where it came from but we all settled on the fact it was some form of gastric flu. Tuesday morning was a morgue in the woofer camp but Harry arrived with some medicine and a bag of fresh fish to cheer us up. By the Thursday we were back at work and Kat had gone to work in the organic gardens with Anna another recently arrived woofer from the US. Arno suggested we stay a night in one of the Teepee's and so that night, Kat, me, Max and Anna went with Arno down to one of TerraPi's luxury teepee's. They are carpeted inside with a central stone circle as a fireplace. Around the sides are proper bed mattress's and cooking equipment in one corner (ha ha). We lit a fire and made tea while Arno played us songs from his new album. The wind outside carried the screeching of the baboons in the nearby hills. Defiantly an awesome experience to sleep comfortably around a fire, protected from the elements yet still only 2mm of material away from them. Our time at TerraPi sadly came to an end on the Sunday when we got a lift back to town. It had been a fantastic experience, even though we only spent a day or two in their organic gardens, the people on the farm had been very welcoming and hospitable and we had experienced something we wouldn't forget. Cooper Out Love Dan & Kat