Anyway, finally after 2 hours the fuel truck and filled our tanks and everything was fine
Saturday, March 17, 2012
DAY 177 (Friday 13 January 2012)
Well today was the day that we were allowed to have our afternoon off in lieu for being in work on Sunday afternoon, but guess what……yep I didn’t get the afternoon off, I did however get out work an hour earlier than normal, but as I was on duty I got a call from MT to inform me that the Fuel Truck had arrived and that it would be filling the tanks, but first I had to go round and do a “dip check” to make sure that we weren’t being diddled out of any fuel as it had to be brought in from India and as India seem to be cutting back on how much fuel is being brought into Nepal, there could be a possibility that the fuel could be hijacked.
DAY 176 (Thursday 12 January 2012)
No news to report to day regarding Nepal, but on the family front it is my sister’s (Nadine’s) birthday, I won’t tell you how old she is as I like living. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
DAY 173 (Monday 09 January 2012)
Well today was the start of my duty, I had a little surprise though when I took the duty folder over, the amount of things that I had to do when I was on duty back in October had been reduced dramatically, before I had to go the Guardroom everyday to do the checks, but now it is only once a week and that was the same for a couple of other things too and the other stuff you only had to check twice a week, so technically some of your checks could be done in one day and you wouldn’t have to worry about it again that week.
DAY 172 (Sunday 08 January 2012)
Today was the day that we had to be in work in the afternoon, all because we had a VVIP visit (I can tell you who it is now as the visit is over) from the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Maj Gen Sir David Richards GCB CBE DSO ADC Gen (for those who don’t know, the letters after his name are post nominals). Anyway because he was the Col Comdt to the Brigade of Gurkhas this would be is last official visit so we had to be in work to show our support.
Front of the Coin
CDS Visit
After a presentation of the Elizabeth Cross to the father of the late Rfn Vijay Rai, we all departed for the Kathmandu Mess where we were stood in our selective little groups so that the CDS could come around and briefly meet all of us for a quick chat, when the CDS got to me and realised that is was me that did his visit programme (with the help from the SO Coord in Pokhara on the trek part), he shook my hand and left a commemorative coin in my hand.
Front of the Coin
Rear of the Coin
After we had our little get together in the Mess it was time for a quick photo outside with the CDS and a presentation to him from us, before he then left to go back to the Comd’s house where he had been staying. That was it for us; however, we have been told that because we “worked” today we will be getting an afternoon off in lieu.
DAY 171 (Saturday 07 January 2012)
All I have really done today is bake, I made this awesome Weight Watchers style Apple Upside Down cake and it was very light and scrummy, I have made enough for both me and Charlie to have 4 slices each, next time I might try a different fruit in this cake.
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