Monday 8 October. Alan and I got picked up around 7.30/7.45 am by my brother-in-law Leon (thanks Leon) who squeezed two bike boxes and two pieces of luggage plus hand luggage into his car and we set off on a pretty slow journey to the airport. (Richard R and Craig are already in the USA, […]
Off I go!
Today is 7 October 2012 and I am all packed, ready to go. My bike is carefully tucked away in its special travelling bike-box. My last ride was a week ago and I have been quite glad for the rest since then. My legs seem to have benefited from being lazy but I hope doing […]
The Story from From Kilimanjaro to San Francisco minus one week!
So we got back from Kilimanjaro after the adventure of a lifetime and once the dust had settled started to get itchy feet again. The “what next” question came up and we started looking for a follow up trip. For me it was the camaraderie, inane schoolboy humour, but most of all the physical and […]
A year on!
I can remember quite clearly that for the first two weeks after we got back it was almost as if I was still on another planet. I couldn’t really get back into the normal pace of things and I was so relaxed and laid back generally that it was really quite a nice place to […]
Rest day and travel home – Monday/Tuesday 14/15 March 2011
Needless to say we all slept well in the hotel. The 4 that went on Safari had to get up at something like 6.15 (very brave if you ask me!) but Craig and I were staying for a rest so could lie-in. We woke at about 7.30 and then chatted for a few hours. Eventually we made […]
The last leg! – Sunday 13 March 2011
Needless to say we all slept very well on our last night under canvas. Craig was still coughing away, which woke me up, but I had little trouble in going back to sleep. At 6.30a.m. we were awoken with the usual cup of tea and ‘washy washy bowls’. You can see that I dragged the […]
Descending 4 hours from Kibo – 12 March 2011
We all gathered in the dining tent after our short rest. As usual they provided a good spread of food but at this meal no one could really be bothered to eat or lift a knife and fork. After a while one of the cooking team came in to clear some plates and when he […]
Descending to Kibo Base Camp – 12 March 2011
After our rest at Gilman’s Point it was time to get going and we started to clamber down the highest section of the rocks which, as expected was difficult. Tired legs were beginning to tell and my thighs in particular were starting to complain. Nevertheless we were now descending quite quickly and it was refreshing […]
Neil’s summit night story 2 – To Uhuru Peak (5895 metres)
I have now been home for about 12 hours and am starting to recover. I still haven’t caught up with all the news about Japan etc. but Lorraine is so into keeping this blog going that instead of settling down in front of the TV for a relaxing evening we are …..doing the blog! So, […]
