Las Vegas video

As if you didn’t hate us both enough, here to make your day is our Vegas video, complete with Grand Canyon helicopter flight (paid for by Poker winnings). I will not apologise for the shakey camera work as it is difficult to keep steady when you are trembling with fear flying in a helicopter.
And [...]

January was a long time ago

OK. I haven’t been writing as much blog material as you have all been getting used to. I have been a touch busy helping the WoH organise some event or other..weeding or wedding or something. Anyway I did manage to put some time into getting all our holiday movies off of tape and onto a [...]

A moving, heart-warming story about the power of trust

In 1986, Dan Harrison was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from University. His doctorate was in mammal behaviour.
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Dan approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee and [...]

Back in Black

Well, we are now back into the routine of UK life. It was initially quite difficult waking up and not having a world-famous landmark or theme park to visit. For the first few days I was really, really bored. Slowly though you get back into the habit of watching a bit of TV, reading and [...]