Cheddar Cheese & The Rock of Ages

It's been now three days since my last post. But I still feel like I need to write down everything I have done here. I guess it's like that only in the beginning. But who knows?
So, I talked to my mentor on Wednesday about me being lonely here and the feel of guilt that I have when I'm not downstairs chatting with people. But the problem is, that people are too busy to chat with them. So... Petra told me not to be guilty about it. I also sorted out some things about my free days or actually, it will be sorted out the next week when our manager comes back.
Right now I beat loneliness in here with watching movies and reading and playing guitar. I also go for walks or ride with my bicycle around the reservoir. It's really beautiful, the reservoir, I mean. It's pretty big- a trip around is about 4km long. And it's got a nice walking path around it where I can also drive with a bicycle. I went there yesterday evening.
So far I've been mostly to activities and haven't had any more trainings. I've been to physio, where I was hoisted just to know how it feels to be up in the air like residents who get hoisted about 4 times a day approximately. I really loved physio. I felt like I'm needed there and, although I was supposed to be only observing, I was helping there. Yesterday afternoon I went to pottery and helped one of the residents make a bell. It was a very lovely and quiet time.
I can now make cappucino and hot chocolate with the machine that we've got, and I've been making drinks for the residents quite often.
We had a quiz and a raffle night here yesterday evening. Quizes in here make me realise that I actually know nothing. Or at least I don't know many facts. It was really nice to take part in some events in the evening also, because I could fill my free time like this in here until Gaye comes.
Today morning was nothing extraordinary, I was just helping Helen, one of our activities organizer, to discuss daily news and make drinks. Today I had a different lunch than usually- one of the workers retired so we had fish and chips and cake in here. My first fish and chips in the UK. Well, I have never considered putting vinegar on chips, but it was pretty good. Still, I can't say that it's my favourite food. After the lunch I went out to Cheddar Cheese Factory with two of the residents and two escorts. We watched a short video about cheesemaking techniques and saw at the same time one stage of cheesemaking behind the glass in front of us. It was a very interesting thing to see and I'm really glad I had the opportunity, because I hadn't gone there on my own. We also had a chance to taste different types of Cheddar Cheese (by the way, the factory we went to, is the last original one left in Cheddar and part of their cheese production takes place in the Gorges). The cheese with chilli in it was really good. Hopefully I can bring it to Estonia with me once. Just to taste.
After the factory we had a small walk around in Cheddar and then headed towards the Gorges and drove through them. I will probably go to Gorges on Sunday on my own to enjoy them and after that trip I will talk a bit more about them. During our journey, we had lots of fun, because the driver, Jim, has a very good humour sense. It was also a bit like a guided tour because Jim told us about the things we drove past. We drove to the top of the Mendip hills (the mountains that I'm living in) and then a downwards to see The Rock of Ages. The Rock of Ages is basically a crack between two rocks and the legend says that ages ago there was a flood and one guy was in the gorges while the flood came. So he had nowhere to go and climbed up to this crack which basically saved his life. It's somehow related to the Bible, too, but I didn't completely understand, how. And there are Christian songs written about this legend, too.
After being in those gorges we came back to Axbridge where I am now.
Today I will have a relaxing day off and I will probably go to Weston tomorrow to see the seaside and do shopping- I need sports clothes because I didn't take any with me. But I will probably start going to the gym from next week, so I need clothes for that. And I need to do some stuff also.
On Sunday I will go to explore Cheddar Gorges and find out about the gym.
So far I've managed to fill my free time pretty much.
But I still hope that Gaye will come soon.