I have long been an admirer of Richard Branson, and have mentioned him in several of by past blog postings:- Screw It, Let’s Do It! Kitesurfing, Richard Branson and naked supermodels! Help needed… yes, again! And so it was with great excitement that I headed into central London this morning with my brother Martin. While […]
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I am currently reading Richard Branson’s fascinating autobiography, which is called “Losing My Virginity”. I have long admired Richard’s approach not only to business, but to life too, and first read this book several years ago. His wonderfully cavalier and innovative approach to many of the challenges he meets is very inspiring. But it is […]
Continue readingWhen I was in Cannes, my friend Rikki was chatting with a TV producer from the UK, who just happened to be looking for someone who had been, or was going to the cheese rolling festival. Rikki put me in touch with Rupert, and he put me in touch with Don at CNN in London. […]
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After the early start in Cannes the previous morning, the last thing I wanted to do yesterday was get up again at 5.30 in the morning. But I had been in touch with the organisers of the infamous Gloucester Cheese Rolling Festival, and they had told me that the only way to be certain of […]
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There are quite a few goals on my list that are very difficult to quantify in terms of when they are achieved. For example, I recently marked my goal of learning to play the didgeridoo as complete, but I really am still a beginner when compared to some of the Aboriginal didge masters I have […]
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What better place to begin my overview of the rest of my experiences at the Cannes Film Festival than the press office wi-fi cafe? I have managed to get into the festival buildings a couple of times now thanks to Rikki and a spare pass from the UK Film Council. This place is huge, and […]
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On several previous occasions, I have borrowed a quote from the movie “Into The Wild”, in which Christopher McCandless finds himself living completely alone in the Alaskan wilderness. His eventual and somewhat tragic realisation is “Happiness is not real unless shared.” As I have progressed through my list of goals I have endeavoured, as much […]
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Wow! As an example of how you can expect the events of a day to unfold in one direction, but a couple of things change, and the course of the day takes you in quite an unexpected direction, yesterday is certainly going to be hard to beat! I woke early again, feeling slightly feverish, and […]
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Yesterday morning Pierre dropped me off at the local train station, and I headed in to Cannes, where the film festival was scheduled to open in the evening. Cannes is another beautiful south of France coastal town, and the place was packed with all sorts of people wearing festival passes and badges. I felt like […]
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My goodness, what has happened to me? After seven months of non-stop travel, in which I don’t think I had any real travel dramas at all, I have been more settled for a couple of months back in Perth. But even in this time I have been travelling too, down to Israelite Bay, out to […]
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I think one of the most challenging goals I have set for myself is to raise a significant sum of money for a charity which is close to my heart – Bowel Cancer & Digestive Research Institute. So far, things have progressed slowly, as I really have not known how to set about this goal […]
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Today is exactly 40 weeks since I first set off on my 100 weeks journey, flying out of Perth for Dubai, with Goal #1 in my sights. It seems such a long time ago now, as I have packed so much in to the weeks since then. But I can still very clearly remember the […]
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I have surprised myself this weekend with some of the choices I have made. I had made pretty firm plans to set off for the skydiving club on Friday night, and spend the whole day jumping, including hopefully achieving another goal by finally doing a nude skydive. However, as always, plans are pretty flexible, and […]
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After my fantastic day swimming with the whalesharks I had a couple of days to relax around Exmouth, and spent quite a bit of time reading by the caravan park swimming pool. Mel had decided that she did not want to miss out on the chance to see whalesharks, and had booked a flight up […]
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