Have been really busy and out of the country, but that's no excuse for not keeping up with my blog. Decided today was the day to start afresh and found the below as a draft unpublished.
I've escaped the grey skies and cold of England for a week in gloriously warm Ghana. Not quite what it sounds, as Eddy and I are here to commission a dyno which his company sold a few years ago. I get to come along as I wrote the data acquisition software and need to install it and train the end user.
We've learnt a valuable lesson - don't assume your client will inform you that you need a visa and send the required invitation! We did check on vaccinations and anti- malarial requirements but not on visas. However, despite hiccups at both airport of departure and arrival, we finally arrived at our lovely hotel on the Accra coast in the warmth!
It was Friday night and we did not have to go into work until the Monday so we had two wonderful days lazing by the pool reading and walking on the beach. I was a bit apprehensive on Monday but the people we had to work with were great, both the owners and the staff.
Whilst Eddy sorted out the dyno room (one of the cleanest we have experienced), I was in an air-conditioned office loading the software onto their laptop and training . Despite a few glitches,everything went according to plan so the work side was finished on Wednesday. That evening, along with visiting Cummins guys, we were entertained to a typical African meal at the home of the owners of the company. Wonderful. They had also taken us to an amazing French restaurant on the Monday evening. Very generous.
Having finished Weds, we had the next three days to once again relax until we left for home on Saturday night.
Yes, there was a lot of time off but we were able to keep up to date with our work via the internet. What did we do beforehand?