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Goodbye Ghana!
So, our time in Ghana is up! We have had a great time here, with the predictable ups and downs, and I am left wondering exactly what the...
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Dec 27, 20237 min read
So, what do you do in Ghana?
So, what have I been doing while the kids are at school? Well living in Ghana is all a bit more complicated and time consuming than...
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Dec 14, 20236 min read
But they all want to leave!!
So far in my blogs, I have spoken quite a bit about how the Ghanaians approach to life seems to promote mental resilience. But I can’t...
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Dec 9, 20237 min read
So who is happier?
I am frequently told that by coming here I am giving the boys an opportunity to see how the other half live. Maybe I am being...
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Nov 20, 20238 min read
My musings on communal living
One of the fascinating things about our life here is seeing the boys come to terms with communal living. James and Martha's house is...
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Nov 13, 20235 min read
Close encounters!
We have had a couple of really thrilling close encounters that have become real highlights to the boy’s time in Ghana so far....
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Oct 28, 20237 min read
Life in Langbinsi
Our mornings start at 6.30am, with some sort of tom tom drum ringtone that Toby has put on my phone as an alarm. Breakfast is cereal with...
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Oct 20, 20237 min read
Samne drums were beating!
Last weekend we went to a festival in the village of Samne, just outside Langbinsi. The festival happens across the Muslim North,...
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Oct 14, 20237 min read
Chief and reality
Traditions still holds sway here, and custom demands that you must visit the chief of any community you visit, to introduce yourself....
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Oct 7, 20236 min read
School Starts!
The boy’s dreams have finally come true! Their two ambitions on coming to Ghana were firstly, to get their machete licence, (which Toby...
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Oct 1, 20236 min read
Journey to Langbinsi!
So, I finally managed to shoehorn the boys away from the delights of Kumasi, and we set off for the big drive North. The first obstacle...
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The Old Farmyard Forceleap Farm
Sep 24, 20235 min read
Ghana - Finally underway!
So as previously mentioned, I am off on my sabbatical with Toby and Mikey over the next 10 months. Stage one is Africa, starting in...
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