By caelim on 14/04/2008 14:22

Any trip that starts with a five hour delay at Heathrow, can only get better. And so this trip to Cape Town did. The five hour delay passed in what seemed a matter minutes as 4 of the clubs more social members (ie not really athletes, not an ironman amongst them at that point) settled into the BA lounge to make short work of the lounges’ Heineken and Chablis supply. Training takes many forms, and the demolition job done in the lounge surely helped with our sleep when we eventually boarded BA046 at 9pm. I certainly don’t remember much of the flight.

The 4 in question, Stu Archer, Jo Perriam, Barbara Vincent and myself were joined in Cape Town by James Deane, Siobhan Brownlow, Barney Randall (although since he was never seen…no proof really exists that he was there), Richard Stait, Karen Wells, Karen Triegaardt, Christine Chambers, Greg & Tess Keers and myself. As...

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