Day 9 by Riggs
Wed 26th October - 7.27pm by Caroline Riggs
The animals of Kenya vs the Kenya 15
Point 1: The mozzies ruthless attack on Rhys, Rhys ends up at the doctors = Point to the animals
Point 2: Alfie goes to investigate a mongoose that is strolling past, Alfie ends up running away cartoon style screaming as it chases him = Point to the animals
Point 3: High up spiders webs at Haller park attempt to freak Riggs and Cheesmur out, they don't crack and continue their day as normal = Point to the Kenya 15
Point 4: Ben tries to bond with every animal he comes across, the centipede, the gecko, the giant tortoise. All either bite him or attempt to bite him = Point to the animals
Point 5: Mike innocently strolls down the beach in the evening and kicks a dead puffer fish. His foot gets a sting on it. Riggs and Straw try to recall if puffer fish are poisonous and end up asking three members of staff before making plans to take Mike to the hospital. Riggs grabs the medical forms and a pair of shoes ready to go, they phone the doctor for advice who says all is well and there are not normally problems from the dead puffer fish and just to clean it. Mike remains unbothered about the whole thing = Point to the Kenya 15
Point 6: Alex returns to Haller park after last years monkey wee incident. The monkey poos on him = Point to the animals
Point 7: Riggs and Straw get mozzie bites for the first time ever, Straw blames the Marmite sent out by Sharpie. Riggs is enjoying the marmite and will not let this stop her enjoyment of the breakfast treat = Point to the animals
Point 8: All of your hard work fundraising and attending our events has raised enough money to take 150 Kenya students, their teachers and our boys to Haller park. They were driven over, facepainted, photographed (ready to print off as a gift to them), taken to feed the giraffes, taken for a tour around the park with excited St Andrew's boys, given jam sandwiches and a very large soda each for lunch and driven back to school again. Pictures to follow soon but it was amazing to be able to treat these kids to this day out. Showing them how to feed the giraffes was beautiful and their audiable gasps when they saw a hippo or a huge tank of fish on the walk around were heart warming. Most walked around all day holding one of our hands or the boys hands and a great day out was had by one and all. Straw and Riggs discover that 150 Kenya pupils plud 15 pupils makes for a lot of head counting and were glad that the amazing teachers of the school were there to help :-) = Draw
Total points
Animals: 6 (home win)
Kenya 15: 2 (with Safari still to play)

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Comment by Donna Harrison
Hahahaha! I wish I'd seen the mongoose hase Alfie! Your blog is hilarious. Alfie is hardly ever phased by anything, I really hope someone caught it on camera. What an incredible day you have had, and what a lovely gift to give those kids.
Donna
Comment by Miss Riggs
He screamed, it was hilarious. However he doesn't seem too traumatised by the incident as he is now playing pool, watching football and singing :)
Comment by jackie riggs
Jsmbo from Dublin
knowing how much hard work and determination went into that extra fundraising so that you could make this day possible it was so heartwarming to read as well as making me smile ~ well not the mozzie bite bit! I am sure there will be 150 very happy Kenyan students going to sleep with very happy dreams tonight. Looking forward to seeing all the photos! x
Comment by Kate, Bens Mum
Oh how funny! Crying with laughter....poor Alex! Ben will never learn, you would think that after being chased by a (very large) Bull in the New Forest after trying to stroke it and winding down the window in the Lion enclosure at Longleat to say 'Hello' he would have leart his lesson! Obviously not!
Really glad you all had a lovely day!
Kate
Comment by Miss Riggs
Ben is very good at getting the photos of the days we've found. Perhaps a career in animal photography!? You weren't the only one crying with laughter, Mr Straw is currently sitting in a room on his own writing his blog laughing out loud every few minutes at the memory. The boys came to me with concerns about him.
Comment by Mike,s Mum
Hi Miss Riggs
Thank you to you and Mr.Straw for taking care of Mike following his encounter with the puffer fish which I take it happened after he blogged as he didn,t mention it.Packed everything in his first aid kit apart from puffer fish sting remedy must add it to the list . Sounds like you all had another wonderful day.
Katie
Comment by Miss Riggs
It happened mid afternoon, shows how unbothered he is (it is a very tiny sting) :)
Comment by Little Riggs
Nice! Looking forward to seeing the pics!
Comment by Paul Roberts
Hahaha, poor Alex. In Brighton you get pooed on by seagulls. In Kenya you get pooed on by monkeys! Every day is a new adventure, eh? Sounds like an amazing day was had by all, not least of which being the giraffes! With 150 kids eager to feed them, they must have enjoyed their lunch as well. You may have suffered a 6-2 loss to the animals, but surviving the spiders for another day and dodging the monkey wee makes this a personal win for Riggs, I'd say. xxx