Well I'm back!!! The flight took several days to recover from but I am now starting to feel a bit more normal again (I use the term very loosely ;o hehe!) I've launched straight in at the deep end with tons of work on the Live Life Then Give Life campaign work with Emily and also extra work with the new charity that I'm a Trustee of called "Gift - The Children's Transplant Charity" (will talk more about that at a later date). So it's all a bit hectic and the holiday seems really distant already, but its good to be back having dosed up on sunshine!

Yesterday I spent the day with Emillllllllllllllyyyy!!! YAY!!! OK, it didn't go quite according to plan as most of the afternoon was spent in A&E (see Emily's blog for more info!) but I did get to ride in an ambulance...though sadly without the blue light flashing. It was a bit of a let down actually. I was expecting something all high tech, full of neon lights, stainless steel surfaces, high-tech equipment and perhaps a pop-up operating theatre....but instead it was very basic and a bit, well, tatty really hehe!

Just a short entry today as I'm somewhat busy. But I read this just now and it really made me smile, so thought I would share it! Enjoy!

This is the transcription of the ACTUAL radio conversation between the British and the Irish off the coast of Kerry, Ireland October 1998.

Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-98.

IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British Navy Ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

IRISH: Negative. I say again, you will have to divert YOUR course.

BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITANNIA! THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. DEMAND YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH. I SAY AGAIN, THAT IS 15 DEGREES NORTH OR COUNTER MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

IRISH: We are a lighthouse................Your Call.