These posts are following Matt’s African journey to Kenya & Uganda
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 […]
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, […]
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 – 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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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’ … […]
Finally the group get off the mountain and are ready to start their R&R phase. However, today was not to be as stress-free as they had probably thought that it would be … Day 23 – 7th August This morning camp was packed away much quicker thanks to the aid of our […]
When Matt got back from Africa, as you might expect, he told us all about his adventures. One or two activities really stood out for me as things that had obviously been very exciting/enjoyable for Matt – today’s entry is about one of those events. I’m not sure if the group had been told […]