Day 7 - The last push

Thursday 8th -

Today was the last full day on site and it showed! People were putting in the last push to try and get all the houses ready for completion by the next afternoon. The work rate was phenomenal all week but there was an extra air of urgency around today.

There were no trips or visits organised for the day so everyone dug in straightaway to a full day's hard graft. My work for the day involved a bit of everything. I was painting for a couple of hours, taking care of the container, roofing (which I especially enjoyed!) and general labouring. We barely stopped all day as the sun shone properly for the second day in the week.

In the afternoon we were treated to a serenade by some local girls. They went to each team and sang - 3 or 4 songs each. That's a pretty serious gig!

You'll find the video here if you'd like to watch it. They had such beautiful voices, it's worth a listen.

After work, we all headed straight to The Arches for a team night out. The beer flowed and the craic was 90. There was a camera crew there too and we gave them an interview, not sure who they were though, never know when it might show up! Some of the guys went back to their hotels to get washed up but honestly, some of us were just too lazy! I had rubbed the sand off my face but that was as far as I got! As I leant across the table to talk to Larry at one point, I rested my chin on the bottle I was drinking out of. As I picked the bottle up a minute later I realised that there was still a lot of sand under my chin and most of it was now on the rim of my bottle - yum!

Around 11 or so I went for pizza with some people I'd met that evening from other teams who happened to be going for food. I think it was the nicest pizza I've ever had. Then I went back to The Arches to say goodnight and head back to the hotel, I was wrecked! There was no time for even showering that night, washed my face and teeth and I think I was probably asleep before I got into the bed!