Things I Have Done

Things I've done..not all were intelligent...but I took some photographs along the way..

*Whale watching...six meter swells, set a vomiting record.

*Camel riding in outback Australia...would have been better had I not been hungover.

*Been to Guernsey...(see camel riding)

*Wilderness camping in Kenya..still have scars from the nocturnal spider bites and sunburn.

*Abseiled off a cliff in North West Scotland...twice.

*Hitch-hiked alone around Australia when I was 19...pretty dumb, lucky to be alive.

*Spent a month in Antarctica...best thing I ever did.

*Visited Ernest Shackleton's grave in South Georgia...always wanted to meet him.

*Met Sir Robert Falcon Scott's son...as above.

*Rounded Cape Horn in a Russian research ship...actually pretty dull.

*Can say 'watch out for the elephant pooh in five languages.

*Visited a nudist camp as a young journalist...rookies get all the best assignments.

*Invited to be a member of above nudist club..gracefully declined.

*Launched myself into a media scrum chasing Prince Charles...Prince Charles inadvertently kicked me in the kidneys...proud moment.

*Met a New Zealand Prime Minister...she made a joke and I didn't get it...maybe that's why she now works for the United Nations and I...don't.

*Survived months in India...never got sick once.

*Stuck my hand in the Ganges River...as above.

*Ate crocodile in New Orleans...still don't know why.

*Taken many 'save the camera at all costs' falls...getting pretty good at it.

*Spent many days hiking in New Zealand wilderness alone....try it, it's fun.

*Stood on top of mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, the Sears Tower, Empire State Building and the World Trade Center...still not keen on heights.

*Washed dishes in Scotland, England, New Zealand, Australia and Austria...actually enjoyed it.

*During my journalism career I was a celebrity judge at a dog barking contest...I took it very seriously.

*Went to a sled dog race in Northern Minnesota...thought I would die from the cold...was warmer in bloody Antarctica.

*Rode a Greyhound bus around America alone...again, probably not smart but was a heck of a ride.

*Ate a Beaver tail in Canada....not what you think.

*Paid my respects at Dealey Plaza...and at Southfork Ranch.

*Played one pool game against Eddie Charlton (World Champion snooker and billiards player) I lost, but only by two shots. He died the following year.