Speaking to the BBC about Nepal
I was delighted today to speak to BBC Radio Oxford’s Breakfast Show presenter, Howard Bentham, about the fundraising that’s been going on for Oxfam’s disaster relief campaign.
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Nepal update
News overnight from friends suggest that the Scouts and other youth groups throughout Kathmandu are doing amazing work in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. The Award is run mainly through schools in Nepal. I have had contact from the Chair of the Board to let me know that most immediate friends and colleagues…
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Running the London Marathon for Nepal
I’ve run marathons before. 5 times, in four different cities. But yesterday’s experience in London was the most difficult, emotionally challenging and exhausting race I’ve ever completed. It was also the most exhilarating. Running London is like running through a tunnel of well-wishers for 42.2km. There isn’t a moment when someone isn’t shouting…
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Disaster relief for Nepal…
I’m running the London Marathon tomorrow. And, until today, Saturday 25th April, I’d decided that I was just doing it for fun. To prove to myself that I could still run 42.2km. But earlier today, Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquake. I was there, just seven days ago, with an amazing bunch of young…
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Youth to Everest – Day 14
Today’s correspondent is Della, our expedtition team’s nurse: 17 pile into the silver van “Napali style” on our way to Durbar Square. As we roll out of the van we are overwhelmed with sensory overload. The intense smells of smog, thousands of years of dirt and grime, raw meat and food. The sounds of continuous…
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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…
