Not many people know this. Heck, I didn’t know it until a few days ago, but Roald Dahl had a secret life! If you’ve been on my mailing list for the last few weeks, then you’ll know that my son, Max, was born with Hydrocephalus. Which means he had to have a …
A scream ripped through the air
We’ve set up camp on an un-excavated Mayan tomb. In hindsight, probably not the most sensible thing to be doing. It was about then that I started to get dizzy and see black spots. Speaking from personal experience, I would recommend that you don’t find yourself hundreds of miles from anywhere, in …
Un-excavated Mayan Tombs
Last week I started telling the story of how I nearly killed myself in the jungle. If you missed it, you can check it out here. So, we’d found the village we were looking for. We’d found a guide, and we were ready to go into the jungle the next morning. I …
The greatness of man is…
“The greatness of man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively” – Bob Marley Never was a truer word spoken. It’s something that I keep talking about in my emails, and yet I still think it is the …
I’ve never seen a room so full of s**t
And I’m not being funny. We came back from hospital on Friday, Max had his stitches out (yay), and walked into a house where our dog, BeeBee, had been ill. Very ill. I can assure you that the last thing you want to walk into after a day at a hospital, is …
The real truth about humanity
With everything that you see in the papers each day, you sometimes begin to despair of humanity. However, I’ve always believed that the majority of people are kind, giving and want to help others. And, I’ve been proven right by all the incredible emails I’ve had about Max. I’ve replied to every …