A weekend camp

Just before Hisarköy, the white elderflowers invited us to stop. Our team learnt to recognise and pick the sweet smelling discs. See later how we used them...

Before lunch, everyone worked in small groups, cooking, tidying and cleaning, and finally setting up the shading now needed as the sun gets hotter.

After lunch, a workshop focussed on the questions of first time visitors. These first timers had all looked at Güneşköy information on the website - before leaving Ankara: no time was needed for giving that information once we arrrived at Güneşköy. Three groups worked independently, generating a variety of questions, which were then categorised, Basic - Complex - Abstract. Then long-term members of Güneşköy answered the questions. Rather than those who know giving what they think people want, we listened to what new-comers wanted to know. Some interesting points appeared.

In the evening, leaving from the strawbale building, Ink wanted to pick some flowers for her art activity.I took her and Şura over the top, climbing up under the viaduct. Previous years never had such a range of colours: so many plants are now settling in to this new environment.

After the evening meal, Şura played with my twig collection. Art materials

Three of us got up at 5.45, and climbed up towards the peaks. The new fence's northern gate is so well closed, we had to find an alternative exit... Teh serpentine slopes are too slippy to climb. We needed to walk on to surfaces colonised by vegetation, where we could get a grip.

As the first rays of the sun reach out over the land, the shadows are longest.

This Pontia edusa (eastern bath white) was barely moving at 7am: too early to move fast.

Our Thai cook, İnk loves using much garlic.

Tasty dinners can also be beautiful

Observe what happens in a wasp comb!

And at the end, our team scontinued working well. Inspired by expert Ayça, two new staff members were trained up...