Well, it's 1658 hrs according to my clock, so soon early Sunday evening will be upon me. Or late Sunday afternoon. One of them, anyway. In either event, the point is that Monday will soon be here, and with it will come WORK. AAAAAAAGH..............

( Blah, blah, blah... )

I've finally stopped procrastinating and have booked my flights to France (via Munich!) for my walking holiday in the Pyrenees in July :) Now I need to make a plan about where to walk :)

( To the happy anticipation... )

My 4 pals Steve Perry, Lorraine McCall, Andy Wilkinson and Dan Bailey have just become the first group ever to make a continuous ascent of the highest 3 peaks in Africa:

- Margherita (5109m, Uganda)
- Mount Kenya (5199m, Kenya), and
- Mount Kilimanjaro (5895m, Tanzania)

Steve's just texted me to let me know that they're down from Kili safely, after ( Read more... )

So, it's Friday evening again :)

*sounds of wild cheering, and sipping of red wine, fill the air*

A selection of notable things done/experienced this week. (Well, everything is relative... It's not like I'd ever want to forget any of this stuff! :-)

• Monday 1: I finally started my new story, and for the first time I'm not actively counting words as I ( Read more... )

4 good pals of mine have just set off to Africa to climb the 3 highest peaks for Comic Relief, namely:

• Margherita (5,109m: Uganda)
• Mt. Kenya (5.199m: Kenya)
• Kilimanjaro (5,895: Tanzania)

I made them a web page here - 3PeaksAfrica.co.uk

Comic Relief is a British charity, and loads of our finest funny peeps - including Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry - have ( Read more... )