i have just been told it is Pancake Day! Bloody hells bells. I have had a cereal bar today.

Today was clinic day where I could take all the supplies I had brought over. We went out further north to a clinic which is manned by one doctor and has 7,000 people. The main issues here are malaria and diarrhoea and mostly children. The clinic was the worst I have seen - no running water anywhere. It was filthy, everything covered in red dust. No steriliser ( they use pressure cookers in Burkina Faso) but here there is nothing. The main trouble is that the rebels destroyed everything here and all there is really left is the building.

I had brought water purification tablets, bandages, thermometers, dressings and lots of needles. The doctor is cleaning equipment by using alcohand gel. God knows how anyone can survive here, the infection rate must be huge especially post delivery. Water is from the ponds. So don't moan about the NHS!!

We also passed a village with a mud mosque so got out to have a look. We were allowed in and video'd all the time on the imam's mobile phone. The walls are made of mud and every year after the rains the villagers climb up on the wooden sticks and rebuild it. Trouble was that I had forgotten my special mosque socks and the floor was bloody hot on the roof. I seem to be a bit disorganised this trip.

i am just off for a quick snooze as am already mosque'd out and have given more visits a miss.

Oh by the way, I was going to do 'chicken of the day' as lovely chickens here, but can only post 5 photo's. Will have to think of something else.