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She offered recorder lessons to staff and half of them enthusiastically took her up ; the school chipped in with money from the staff development fund . Half an hour ago a bird banged into the low glass half-wall that surrounds our patio and swimming pool , which we erected a few years ago ( at great expense , and at the Council 's insistence ) to fence out possible , and mythical , stray children . It seemed to take a real weight off her mind , having been something she had dreaded doing . There was a huge variety of need amongst these children , ranging from Down 's syndrome and autism to severe intellectual and physical disability . We had some calm when we reached the horse latitudes in the middle of the trip , but after that when we picked up the trade winds they were not gentle , consistent , tropical breezes as advertized but gale force for three days .