The Sausage Trail, next year and beyond

After the contact from the C4 production team concerning my need to challenge myself and the subsequent phone call and interview, I began to question my motives and goals. It does sometimes take an outsider to make you realise that your ideals are a bit mental.

That said, I still aim to forge ahead and attempt to achieve, achieve what? That was the main question from Lisa, the production researcher. Why do I drive myself in the way I do? What am I doing and what am I planning to do?

There's no point in going over past events, successes or failures, as I feel that they are covered in previous posts so I will focus on the current, and future, aims, goals and plans.

Next year was planned to see Will and I travelling to Mongolia on a pair or Honda Cub 90 step-throughs. This was taken back a year from this summer due to the difficulties experienced in getting Will his visas across central Asia, mainly the 'Stans, before he was 18years old. I accepted and understood this and moved onto a different plan. Slipping plans by a year or even a few months upsets me, but sometimes it is not only inevitable but necessary and often leads to a more comfortable itinerary.

I like to think of myself as an adventurous individual and as such try to challenge myself as often as I can. With this in mind I sign up to as many organised challenges as I feel is appropriate, but, and this is the crux, I often fail to deliver. This is often down to external influences, but, once again this is important, I really want to complete these tasks, often for charity. This has made me realise that I need to not only prioritise, but also to cherry pick the right events and excursions.

This year I am, of course. concentrating on the book, 'The Sausage Trail', but what next?

Well, next year Will and I are signed up for the trek to Everest base camp. I know that this is a little over-subscribed and has very little kudos and impact but it is a great place for Will to begin his in rush to the charity world and to hopefully broaden his horizons.

The England vs Italy game is beginning so I will finish later...