A week of mixed emotions, started with a great meal in Oxford to celebrate my birthday (yep another year nearer retirement), during the meal I was surprised with a trip to Prague to check out the Czech folk. After leaving the restaurant I received a huge birthday present from our best friends, that nearly made me talk with a high pitch and now I’m a proud owner of a Chimenia, so I can now sit in the garden and burn wood and coal to keep warm while adding to the Global warming. For those snowy days (when its to cold), Gill gave me a USB turntable so I can now spend hours converting my vinyl to MP3’s and CD’s instead of spending a fortune replacing them at exorbitant cost, I also received loads of other presents to numerous to mention but extremely welcome all the same (thanks to all who contributed).
The week in general was work, work, work and then on Friday bad news day!
When we returned from Kenya we adopted a 3 week old baby elephant “Kilgoris” who had been rescued from the river near our Safari camp on the day we left Kenya. Well after responding very well to the treatment he received, he contracted E Coli and unfortunately passed away on the Wednesday (you can read his story at
http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=114 ),Obviously both Gill and I are sad at his passing, but pleased that we had in a little way given him a little hope.
Which is more than can be said for the performance of Engish football team, there is no hope!!
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