Mount Fansipan Training Underway

Despite my best endeavours I cannot resist the pressure from the Team to get into some serious training for the climb up Mount Fansipan in Vietnam.  I've got 6 months to develop the stamina required to reach the peak of the mountain in aid of the children's charity 'When You Wish Upon a Star', who make the dreams of seriously ill children come true.

This week has seen the delivery of a state of the art treadmill to the office, to ensure that at lunchtimes, and those quiet moments when I'm not writing my latest book or developing new television programmes, I can hop on board under the watchful eye of the Team and get in some much needed exercise.  Running for 10 minutes at 12 mph, with a gradient of 10% is proving more challenging than it sounds...TRUST ME!!



Sir Norman's Tribute

With just over 24 hours before the first in series of tributes to Britain's comic genius the Legendary Sir Norman Wisdom, I thought I'd give you all a gentle reminder that you can still get tickets to join us at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester from 7.30pm.

The night promises to be one of fun and frolic, with a diverse range of acts all paying tribute to a much missed friend.  I'll be your compere for the night, and look forward to seeing you all there!

Visit my website for details of how to book!

Tacho!!

Apologies to those of you who thought you'd be reading about the wonders of Mexican food, or for that matter all things Hispanic...alas no...I'm referring to the wonders of the Tachograph, possibly the blight of every commercial vehicle driver around the world...and at the moment the details of these little devils are spinning in my head thanks to the challenge that was set me by the wonderful people at Chernobyl Children's Project (UK). 

The challenge of trying to remember what rules apply to which scenarios is not for the feint hearted!  Blimey, there's GB Domestic, EU, AETR and then if that wasn't enough to send you to sleep there's the National Rules of other countries to be bothered with!  

As you'd expect, like everything in life, there's the exceptions to the rule...Having embarked on the quest to acquire my HGV Licence, I now have a better appreciation for the amount of rules and regulations that the folk at the wheel have to remember...

It will be interesting to see whether I pass the theory...it can't be that bad...can it?