In the Jungle, the Deep Deep Jungle..

I have decided to change tack, this unusuall weather for this time of year could well be due to ¨El Nino ¨ which occurs every 4 years, and causes a change in the normal weather pattern.There has been much higher rainfall than is normal over the last month here, this made me think that the extra rainfall would cause the rivers to swell & subsequently be excellent for White Water Rafting!! So here I am in a place called Tena, the acknowledged center for kyaking & white water rafting in Ecuador. I took a bus ride from Quito today a nut rattling 6 hr journey from Quito , over a road which was 1/2 hour up and 5hrs down, half the distance was metalled the rest a murrum (or earth/ mud ) road with precipitous drops at the roadside and landslides on every bend, cleared by bulldozer, but leaving the streams gushing over the road ( which will no doubt wash further sections of the surface away). I have booked up on a rafting trip tomorrow (sun) on the El Napo river, Oh I wonder how the memories of my rafting days on the Tay will flood back, I do not expect tomorrows raft will be made of ply & polystyrene but I can but hope.
I spoke to Dave Pope this morning and he felt the trial went as well as can be expected, he told me about a bottle of perfume which had been found in the accuseds´ home, a product called Tobbacco Leaf and only sold through the Body Shop. Her sister had bought it for her before leaving, in Manchester, the sister had a bottle herself and the batch numbers confirmed they were from the same batch, Damning evidence if you ask me!! ( probably not good enough for Dook though !!) To find out more www. jennypopeappeal. The verdict is to be announced, along with the sentence on the 9th of Jan.
Thanks to Ian & Marj, did you just know this or did you have to find out, Anyway no one has told me the date of Epiphany yet ? SS.