2012 English Channel Swim

7 - 14 September 2012



After having cycled through Africa, completed 5 Ironman Triathlons, run the Comrades Ultra Marathon, Climbed Kili ... I have decided to take on a slightly tougher option ...



... 34km of cold, open water swimming ... leaving the coast of the eternal "wanna-be" soccer nation, over to the "frogs" on the other side ...





Sunday 4 February 2007

Khartoum … a well deserved rest day

My office in Khartoum, with my secretary - Adri
Arriving in convoy in Khartoum ... we did a good job in bringing parts of the town to a standstill yesterday



Welcome to a slightly chilly, windy Khartoum on a Sunday morning. It is a normal bustling day – Friday is a day of rest and they usually have a six day week. The foreign contingency often take the Saturday off too. Many of you are probably still fast asleep or dragging yourselves out of bed … not much sleep here if one is used to getting up at about six every morning.

I’ve set up a little office under the awnings, next to a power source and am charging my iPods, camera, downloading my Polar Watch details and writing some blog entries … I’m trying to do it on my laptop and then just copy it into my blog … let’s see how it works.