Enkomi excavation notebook, 1965, R. KussR. Kuss

Wednesday 6 September October Temperatures 6^h 00 - 17° 12^h 00 - 19° 18^h 00 - 19° workforce 28 men + 1 + 4 Fe. telegram from Monsieur Schaeffer asking me to go to the Gournets at 13^h 00. - overcast, and at 10^h 00 work in the area stopped a very violent storm which floods the trench. at 11^h 00 I send the workmen home and leave for Nicosia, after having noted that no room of the new camp is watertight. An average of 3 roof leaks per room. As for the old building, the roof junction has been sabotaged and the rain floods the rooms, the bedding which must be put away during the storm. arrived at the airport 12^h 15. Nobody at the MEA. Nobody on the list of the previous flight. I go to the Gournets at 13^h 00. Nobody. I have lunch there and return to the camp passing by the Cable office. No telegram. I don't know what to think and, not being able to telegraph quickly enough, I prefer to wait for explanations.