Kids go bowling

It has to be said that although Lusaka is a large urban sprawl with maybe 3 million people living in it, it is not always the most exciting place. After we got back from the UK Philip and Rachel still had some time to go before returning to school and the skies were generally grey with frequent rain. Rachel did herself proud as she came up with her own indoor bowling alley! She set up the pins - large yoghurt pots (emptied and clean I might add) - at the end of the corridor that the bedrooms come off. Down one side was a piece of piping she had found so she could roll the balls back to the player. The bowling balls were dried 'monkey balls' used here not to eat but decorate. She put a blanket at the end so the balls wouldn't crack (although a couple did anyway), got a small whiteboard to keep score and we were away. It worked a treat and we all had a lot of fun. So necessity really is the mother of invention (I confess we do have one bowling alley nearby so the kids haven't been deprived totally but this was a much cheaper option!) and Rachel's imagination and inventiveness certainly proved themselves.