Made it…to the Roof of Africa!

Posted by Glenn

As the title suggests…I made it!

That is all I will say, for now, until I can compile some more photographs, but here is one from the summit, on Saturday morning.

Made It!

Made It!

Below,we have myself, and Kenny Moore, along with our guide Camanda. We reached the top together…I was so glad I had walking poles, to lean on…bent double and gasping! (more about that at a later date, when I can think about it without feeling breathless!)

Dublin Airport…overnight

Posted by Glenn

Hello all, as you have probably gathered, we are now at Dublin Airport, having arrived here at eleven-ish, Friday night, waiting for our flight at six, tomorrow morning. Having tried, unsuccessfully, for the last hour and a half, to [...] Continue Reading…

Kilimanjaro Itinerary

Posted by Glenn

We are leaving home in one hours’ time, to go to Dublin Airport, to catch a flight to Amsterdam, and on to Kilimanjaro (is this the only mountain in the world, with its’ own airport?)

This is a summary of [...] Continue Reading…

Kilimanjaro Expedition info

Posted by Glenn

Here is some info about Kilimanjaro! I have taken this from information received from our tour company, Adventure Alternative.

The Trek of Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the finest in the world, ascending the highest point in Africa, it also [...] Continue Reading…

One week to go…to Kili!

Posted by Glenn

Well, with just one week to go, till we strike off for Kilimanjaro, God willing,  I thought I would share a photo from a walk we had last Saturday. We had beautiful weather again (just a few spots of [...] Continue Reading…

Keren was so content

Posted by Geraldine

Although Keren had all the complications associated with Trisomy 18, she was a very content wee baby. She would lie in her wee cot, and when she wasn’t sleeping, she would be looking all around, listening to her wee [...] Continue Reading…

Visible Progress!

Posted by Glenn

A few weeks ago, Irwin (H), and I had a training walk along a familiar stretch of the North Antrim coast. The last time we followed this route, one member of our group ended up getting whisked off to [...] Continue Reading…

Learning to feed wee Keren

Posted by Geraldine

Wee Keren was not strong enough to suck properly, and had to be fed through a wee fine tube, so I was really pleased, when I was able to express my own milk, for Keren’s feeds.

Her feeds were every [...] Continue Reading…

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