Nepal Day 4
A chance today to get away from the business of the meeting and to see something of Kathmandu. We visited the main city and a number of temples. A truly wonderful place. I must return before too long.
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Nepal – Day 2
I woke at 2, 4 and then at 9:30; grabbed a quick breakfast and then joined the morning’s committee meeting – the cultures may be different, but the issues are the same – how to get better youth participation in decision making; how to reinvigorate training and support of adults; how to tell the story…
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Nepal – Day 1
Flying into Kathmandu was absolutely amazing. I watched dawn break over Pakistan as we flew through a perfectly clear sky. Far below, I could see small villages. Gradually, the scenery changed and in the distance, right on the horizon, snow covered mountains appeared. They got closer and closer, but we didn’t actually fly over them….
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Off to Nepal
The journey to Kathmandu, where I am going to attend the Asia Pacific Scout Summit Conference, is a long one. I am currently in Doha airport in Qatar. It’s midnight local time and I could really be anywhere. I’ve enjoyed an excellent journey so far, courtesy of Qatar Airways, with the best economy class meal…
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Winslow 10k
A really nice race, this one, with just a little sting in the tail! The last km was pretty much all uphill, which came as a bit of a surprise to those of us who didn’t know this part of Buckinghamshire. Excellently organised – and a very nice bacon bap at the end.
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Unaccustomed as I am
Unaccustomed as I am… – Mrs Moneypenny mentions me in the Financial Times “Representing: standing or acting for another, especially through delegated authority. I don’t often represent anyone else and I have never represented my country. Recently, however, I did represent the chairman of a large international bank. No, I was not standing in for…
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New Year’s Day 10k – Hyde Park
It was jolly cold this morning, but I soon warmed up and managed to get round a quite jolly course in well under an hour. The route took us round the edge of Hyde Park and then twice round Kensington Gardens before returning back to the Boathouse on the Serpentine. Now all I need to…
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An evening with Elton
It was fun. But I’m glad I didn’t pay the full price of my ticket – which says it was worth over £100. Elton John’s New Year’s Eve concert at the O2 was good – and he himself was excellent – but the support acts were fairly poor and the much vaunted Alex from X…
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A glass gong
I was delighted (and rather honoured) to be joined by about 50 friends and colleagues at our offices today. They came for coffee and mince pies (rather good ones) and to celebrate the presentation of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion to me by Sir David Brewer, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, on behalf of…
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Bedford Half-Marathon
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Beanoman, on his last half-marathon of the year in Bedford. 2 hours 6 minutes. The course was quite hilly, but the weather was perfect. A really fun morning.