• My Blog

    Airports

    1          Sierra Leone > A security guard approached me waving a very big gun; he pointedly asked me for money. Quote “What you got for me?” 2          Orlando Airport > I was a 58 year old, white, middle class, grey haired Dad and accompanied by my 14year old teenage blonde daughter; we were pulled randomly out of the line…

  • Adventures,  Expeditions

    The Polar Race 2009

    At the ripe old age of 61 yrs, with 28 yrs of sobriety behind me, standing shoulder to shoulder with my teammate, James Trotman 34 yrs; ready and willing to race, against four determined teams of three extreme adventurers in the biennial Polar Race. We set off from Resolute Bay, Nunavut (74°43’N and 94°53’W), to walk / ski, dragging all…