Left Glasgow & was met by Bazza at Luton. Went out with him Fri night, the bars in Towcester are now open a bit later 1am, the last time I was there they all shut at 11pm !
Sat had a game of golf with Baz & Dave ( the guy he usually plays with) went round Whittle bury in +4 with doubler at the first & trousered 6pounds , a welcome addition to expedition funds !
Sun - DRAMA- inserted my card in a machine at Tescos to make sure presented checks had cleared---it swallowed it --whole!! this is where all my money is- i'm deep doodoo now!! Decide to PANIC.. palpatations..cold sweat.. loosening of bowels....PANIC produces no useful results -
Realise there is no point in remonstrateing with Tescos employees & march swiftly back to Bazzas. Phone banks , quell surprise no answer. Check the cards I have and discover to my delight & chagrin the card I inserted was an out of date one I had taken along to placate any footpads who may waylay me ( I thought that perhaps any ner-do-wells would be unlikely to scrutinise any card closely enough to determine the expiry date, prior to hot-footing it to thier hideout !) so PANIC over.
Leave Bazzas at 4am mon taxi to station & arrive Gatwick for 9.30 flight to Houston- arrive 2pm + 6hrs time diff. Leave Houston 4pm- arrive Quito 11pm taxi to Crossroads Hotel - go to bar- the restorative properties of beer have been much undervalued in my opinion--Why it is natures storehouse of goodness ! a balm to both the body & the spirit - if Barbra Carthorse had promoted beer instead of honey she would still be alive today ! no doubt adding to her formidable literary legacy of having written 500 books... or the same book 500 times depending on how you look at it.
Tue 12th dec. - Wander about Quito & catch up a bit of sleep. Quito is at 8500ft & is only 25 kilometers south of the Equator, so is pleasant during the day but at night the temp. drops & it becomes quite cold. This is sort of the winter time so it came be a bit rainy & cloudy but with good days as well.
So far so good, 2mro will try to cimb the volcano which overlooks Quito.
Hope you reached australia ok Cameron.
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Cotopaxi,Chimboraza,Imbabura,Cotacachi,Carihuairazo,El Alta....Great names.. good enough to have you reaching for your debit card and booking a flight!!. well they were good enough for me.
Aconcagua & South America 2004
As I am before leaving Glasgow
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- Having slunk sulkily into early middle age, with all the attendant disadvantages ( tragic loss of hair, various droopings & saggings, lassitude ) yet non of the advantages ( early retirement, a large inheritance ( the 400G bungalow) or even Buggins turn at the office!, I have decided to construct complicated sentences & then go to Equador. Why Equador ? well I had booked to go to Nepal in October. Once I had booked I then discovered that Lesley had arranged to go to Australia with Cameron for 4-5 weeks,I therefore decided to change my travel plans to coincide with their antipodean adventures, plus my mother is going to Bazzas for Christmas, Jamie, well he does his own thing ! Listen to his band on www.myspace.com/sanctuaryfire It is the climbing season in Equador in Dec/Jan so good place to go at that time of year
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How does a man of your intellectural capability know anything of that "Carthorse" woman? Think you must have been reading some of her st ....uff on the sly! In any case think I am possibly past the help of beer or honey !!
Glad to hear your credit card episode had a happy ending or you could have been forced to come home and give up on all these thoughts of South American adventures! Only kidding a man's got to do what a man's got to do? Right ? Don't men always do what they want to do ? !
Have you heard that all homes in Scotland are now being built with a mooring instead of a garage ? Oh dear dear it has just never stopped. Well I'll be all right !!!
It is completely unfair that any individual is allowed to leave here mid December and not return till mid January. You do realise that next year you will be forced to stay home and enjoy all the "fun" of the festive season. In fact as a punishment you will be required to spend a whole weekend shopping in Braehead. Believe me at this time of the year this is a bigger challenge than climbing a volcano in Ecuador!
Miss and love you lots.
An "old" friend.
Hello there! glad to hear that you got to Quito without too much hassle. Hopefully climbing the volcano will be interesting! Your not missing much in Scotland as it has just rained constantly for the past few days which has resulted in alot of trains being cancelled! Anyway good to hear from your blog, keep us updated!
hi dad its me i arrived in australia fineand now we are in canberra. we just arrived back to the house after six days at the beach.- hope you are having a good time in equador and dont do antything to dangerous speak to you soon
cameron
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