Swamp trip

The swamp trip on the weekend was fun. We went out to the swamps in Kent to hunt for the anopheles mosquito the one that transmits malaria. This involved scavenging around in an old bunker with a lot of spiders and fishing larvae out of swamps!

Believe it or not Malaria was common on the UK and Europe up until the beginning of the century. The last outbreak was in Kent when some soldiers infected with malaria were brought back and parked right in the middle of the swamp where the mosquitoes where, oops. For those who might be interested in the history click here and here for more.

We also visited the Rochester Castle which was nice and the Rochester Cathedral which had a very nice door. We then got stuck in a traffic jam as we headed towards Darwin House. Unfortunately the caretakers were very keen to get home and we were a little late so we didn't get to have a look inside.

Bridgette.