I haven't written anything for days because we've been working from dawn to dusk getting the ground prepared, and then getting the crops in. By the time i get to bed, I'm so tired I fall asleep straight away, so I can't get anything written here.

Now I've been told - if I can understand what they have said and gestured to me - that most of the men (including me) are leaving first thing tomorrow morning on a long expedition. If I've got it right, we're going to a big annual meeting-cum-roundup of livestock, somewhere down south.

If I get the chance, I'll describe the journey.