Well Matt another birthday has come around. You would be 25 – a quarter of a century! Dad and I have been thinking about you a lot, as always, but especially wondering what you would have been up to at the moment. We think you would probably have still been in Oxford – finishing off […]
Author: Michaela
My name is Michaela. I was a mother to two wonderful boys, but sadly my youngest son lost his fierce battle with cancer in December 2016. Life is not the same without him.
Team Bear Bones
I just want to give a big shout out to Ed, Freddie and Sean – otherwise known as ‘Team Bear Bones’. They are all PhD students at Teddy Hall (St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford), and are currently driving from Oxford, England to Ulan-Ude, Russia as participants of this years Mongol Rally – all to […]
Epilogue
It was a very exciting day for me when we went to Heathrow. I had missed Matt dreadfully and was looking forward immensely to seeing him as he came through the Arrivals Gate, so much so that I squeezed between as many people as possible to make sure that I was standing directly in-line of […]
Day 30/31
So, finally, they are on their way home. What an amazing trip they had! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as Matt did. I do wonder where Matt got hold of a copy of a DK Eyewitness Guide to Dinosaurs – I’m pretty sure he had one at home when he was much younger, […]
Day 29
Today must have been a great way to wind-down the trip. Matt was always very competitive, as I am sure all of the guys are, so for him this would have been great fun. I do remember him talking about this evening meal quite clearly – as always food was a high priority for Matt! […]
Day 28
Day 28 – 12th August Whenever Matt went away he always took a pack of cards as part of his ‘essential’ kit. I think the game of choice was often Mafia, and I have to say it is a great game. I was introduced to it after Matt had been diagnosed with cancer and was […]
Day 27
I remember Matt telling me about his sunburn. Although they were outside all of the previous day he probably hadn’t realised just how hot it was thanks to the frequent dips in the water during their rafting activities. I’m glad that it wasn’t so bad as to spoil today’s schedule. Travelling + severe sun burn, […]
Day 26
What an enormous adrenaline rush today would have been. How Matt managed to complete his ‘straight-face challenge’ through the second set of rapids beats me, (he was so proud of that by the way), but it certainly made me laugh – you’ll have to zoom in on the photographs to get the full effect, […]
Day 25
I’m not sure of the origins of the ‘Hedgehog Game’, no doubt it all started as a dare! Matt mentioned the game a number of times after he came back from Africa, usually with reference to Sam. Apparently Sam managed to get up to twenty cocktail sticks – a feat that, as you can […]
Day 24
It must have been strange after all of the activity of the trip so far to suddenly have a completely lazy day. Why am I not surprised that after the conclusion of the passport debacle, and the ensuing relief, it ended up with all of them playing a game of ‘Chase the Chicken’ … […]