24th August 2006
Hello to you all. This will hopefully be our last blog from Italy (where the appalingly miserable excuses for internet cafes are starting to really test our patience, and the bronze-age computers crash even more often than their cars.) We are currently in the hot sweaty town of Latisana some 85km from the Slovenian border….
11th August 2006
Here is, in response to public demand, our long awaited blog update, telexed in at our Chiswick headquarters from the rambling frontline (No mans land?). The last you heard we were in Aosta, which was a fantastic town. We made friends with generous Scottish bar staff at the Old English Distillery, where the free drinks…
10th August 2006
Good afternoon all. Just a very quick update, as we’ve had trouble finding intertnet access in italy. However, we’ve just been taken in by a lovely Italian family who, after hosing us down and scrubbing our clothes, and feeding us copious amounts of ice-cream, have allowed us to use their internet. We’ll do our best…
23rd July 2006
Boun Giorno! We have, 6 days after arriving in Switzerland, reached Italy! We crossed the border at 9,250 ft at sunrise yesterday morning, and celebrated with the traditional triumphant breakfast of curried noodles. It had been a long 3 days from Martigny, up and down cliffside paths in the sweltering heat, ending each day a…
19th July 2006
Welcome to our blog. Its the same as our Justgiving site, but it allows us to post photos (many thanks to Mr and Mrs Ward for the camera!) so check here for updates from now on, but keep donating at the original site (www.justgiving.com/paddymorris). The last you will have heard was that I was lost…
14th July 2006
The view from the slate mines above Lake Montriond
