Where have I been...

My lovely M-I-L Anne and myself

Well, you may well ask. Things certainly were busy on the run up to the fund raising event in July - thank you for everyone that supported the event without you all none of it would have been possible.

139 people attended, 117 raffle tickets sold and the 9 items on the silent auction were a great success!

All the figures are in and the final count has been done - drum roll please... we raised £3,112.50!!! Amazing, truly amazing thank you all so much!

So what now... well just the small matter of flying to Tanzania and climbing a mountain. But apart from that not much.

My training has taken a hit the past 5 days as I've been struck down by one of the most nasty viral infections i've ever had. Basically I've been in bed since Thursday afternoon last week and have been completely wiped out. Aches and pains like I've never known, zero appetite and zero energy. Gradually getting up and around now and hoping to head back into the office tomorrow. But jeewhiz it was a horrible!! yuck.

This weekend, I'm planning two walks in and around the Lambourn Valley - the ridgeway maybe - the white horse - the punch bowl...  who knows, so many to choose from.

Well dear friends, apologies for my absence but as I'm now counting down to my September 3rd departure I will blogging more regularly about my final preparations.

Much love Fx