The Stratton ABC Foundation Childrens Home Chiang Mai » cycling

Bike Road Laid Out

John — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:37:03 +0000

Thanks to a herculian effort by all the children yesterday , it looks like our original estimate of 5 weekends was way over the top.

Once they got started and the track started to take shape , the children didn’t want to stop.

All the younger children worked hard gathering up loose stones and leveling the track.

Tai was entrusted with the job of shaping points on short bamboo stakes to hold the track marking poles in place.

All the children wanted to have a go at banging the stakes in and managed very well in places where the ground was softest; using wooden sticks as hammers when I refused to allow them to weild the heavy metal lump hammer that myself and Tai used later to bang the stakes in until they were firm.

Even working lat in the afternoon the heat was quite intense and I tried calling a halt to the work after a little over an hour.

But the children would have none of it, not wanting to stop until the whole track had at least been laid out.

Well done kids, to say I am proud of you is an understatement!
For more photos of this project please visit our photobucket album here.

Bike Track in Progress

John — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:59:11 +0000

At long last we got a bit of a start on our planned work project, making a bike track that will go all the way around the house.
The tracks borders will be marked with lengths of bamboo set in the ground.
The first job was to make out the start of the track and remove all the loose stones.
All the children pitched in and we estimate the project will take about 4 or five weekends to complete.

Bai Tio Huay Tung Taow

John — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:00:36 +0000

Another Sunday, another fun day out. The childrens choice was Huay Tung Taow.

This time we took two of the bicycles with us to extend the range of the days activities.
As usual the kids had lots of fun playing in the water.

Water snail collecting seemed to be the popular past-time for the day.
In between times the bicycles were put to good use as was the nearby play area with swings, climbing frame, etc.
With so much to do the children were very undemanding giving myself and Boon time to relax and enjoy the atmosphere too.

For more photos please visit our photobucket album here.

And here are some video clips:)