Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Here, in this tropical paradise....  (You have to be of a certain age)

Quite some career, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Whicker

He had a relationship with Olga Deterding who, surprisingly, I can't find a picture of.

[Woodsey]

I'd like to cross Russia on horseback.

Now that is an itch I would like to scratch at some point.

I reckon a horseback trek in Argentina and horseback Safari in Botswana will happen at some point over the next few years.

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If your ever looking for ideas for holidays, there are the sorts of sites I look to see what's possible and sensible.

http://www.exodus.co.uk/

http://www.intrepidtravel.com/

I always travel independently, but they are good for ideas and to see what's possible in xxx timescale.

For Africa, safaris in particular, these guys are the nuts.

http://www.expertafrica.com/

I always consult you first Andrew, but I've bookmarked those sites.

I feel like I'm at that age where I want to have some adventures while I'm still able.

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I'd like to cross Russia on horseback.

Now that is an itch I would like to scratch at some point.

I reckon a horseback trek in Argentina and horseback Safari in Botswana will happen at some point over the next few years.

Keep me posted.

[Karabiner]

I'd like to cross Russia on horseback.

Now that is an itch I would like to scratch at some point.

I reckon a horseback trek in Argentina and horseback Safari in Botswana will happen at some point over the next few years.

GTFO Andy, you've already told us that your scared shitless the minute the horse gets out of first gear.

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Alan wicker, you know have made it in life, when you become cockney rhyming slang.

So chicken doner then red. Curries?

I like curries, but not volcanic ones. I need someone with experience to guide me.

[tikay]

Here, in this tropical paradise....  (You have to be of a certain age)

Quite some career, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Whicker

He had a relationship with Olga Deterding who, surprisingly, I can't find a picture of.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Seventies-Eccentrics&id=385342

[tikay]

Interesting lass, Olga......

Valerie met Alan in 1969, after his three-year affair with the extraordinary Olga Deterding. Olga was an oil heiress once as famous as any Hello! celebrity now. She was bulimic, dependent on tranquillisers, and given to sudden travel and outrageous behaviour such as sitting in a brasserie window naked. Jennifer Paterson once told me that Olga experimented with witch-hazel cocktails.

She proposed to Whicker in 1966. She made him her heir; meanwhile, he paid. "She blended into my establishment," he recalls, "living in my apartment, driving in my Bentley, using my clubs, attended to by my housekeeper. She rarely had to open her handbag."

Life in his Regent's Park flat was not easy. One night she smashed his marble lamp-stands; another she slashed her wrists and the bath seemed full of blood. Then she left, taking the furniture and changing her will. She died a decade later after choking on a piece of steak.

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I'd like to cross Russia on horseback.

Now that is an itch I would like to scratch at some point.

I reckon a horseback trek in Argentina and horseback Safari in Botswana will happen at some point over the next few years.

GTFO Andy, you've already told us that your scared shitless the minute the horse gets out of first gear.

That's no biggie. I would have to learn to use a saddle. You're probably the best rider of the three Ralph.

[Woodsey]

I'd like to cross Russia on horseback.

Now that is an itch I would like to scratch at some point.

I reckon a horseback trek in Argentina and horseback Safari in Botswana will happen at some point over the next few years.

GTFO Andy, you've already told us that your scared shitless the minute the horse gets out of first gear.

Its true Ralph  

But I can ride, I just need some practise at going fast  

You have to be a pretty good rider to go on a horse safari, so my plan was to have a bunch of lessons. Then go on the Argentina trip and follow it fairly quickly with the Botswana trip. But it was expensive and holidays seasons didn't match to be able to do it that way. I will get round it it eventually, but in the meantime I've got a few places like China, Philippines, and Indonesia in the planning to keep me occupied  

[tikay]

I'd like to cross Russia on horseback.

Now that is an itch I would like to scratch at some point.

I reckon a horseback trek in Argentina and horseback Safari in Botswana will happen at some point over the next few years.

GTFO Andy, you've already told us that your scared shitless the minute the horse gets out of first gear.

Its true Ralph  

But I can ride, I just need some practise at going fast  

You have to be a pretty good rider to go on a horse safari, so my plan was to have a bunch of lessons. Then go on the Argentina trip and follow it fairly quickly with the Botswana trip. But it was expensive and holidays seasons didn't match to be able to do it that way. I will get round it it eventually, but in the meantime I've got a few places like China, Philippines, and Indonesia in the planning to keep me occupied  

You ever been to Skeggy?

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Interesting lass, Olga......

Valerie met Alan in 1969, after his three-year affair with the extraordinary Olga Deterding. Olga was an oil heiress once as famous as any Hello! celebrity now. She was bulimic, dependent on tranquillisers, and given to sudden travel and outrageous behaviour such as sitting in a brasserie window naked. Jennifer Paterson once told me that Olga experimented with witch-hazel cocktails.

She proposed to Whicker in 1966. She made him her heir; meanwhile, he paid. "She blended into my establishment," he recalls, "living in my apartment, driving in my Bentley, using my clubs, attended to by my housekeeper. She rarely had to open her handbag."

Life in his Regent's Park flat was not easy. One night she smashed his marble lamp-stands; another she slashed her wrists and the bath seemed full of blood. Then she left, taking the furniture and changing her will. She died a decade later after choking on a piece of steak.

Blimey!

I wonder what happened to the money?

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I'd like to cross Russia on horseback.

Now that is an itch I would like to scratch at some point.

I reckon a horseback trek in Argentina and horseback Safari in Botswana will happen at some point over the next few years.

GTFO Andy, you've already told us that your scared shitless the minute the horse gets out of first gear.

Its true Ralph  

But I can ride, I just need some practise at going fast  

You have to be a pretty good rider to go on a horse safari, so my plan was to have a bunch of lessons. Then go on the Argentina trip and follow it fairly quickly with the Botswana trip. But it was expensive and holidays seasons didn't match to be able to do it that way. I will get round it it eventually, but in the meantime I've got a few places like China, Philippines, and Indonesia in the planning to keep me occupied  

You ever been to Skeggy?

I love the Skeggy donkeys. they won't go a step beyond their turn around point on the beach.

If they get a big idiot aboard and he starts showing off, they can dump him on to the sand with consummate ease while retaining a look of absolute innocence.

[Woodsey]

This was in Namibia which was fun  

They always give me the big shire horse for some reason lol

Click to see full-size image.

[Woodsey]

I'd like to cross Russia on horseback.

Now that is an itch I would like to scratch at some point.

I reckon a horseback trek in Argentina and horseback Safari in Botswana will happen at some point over the next few years.

GTFO Andy, you've already told us that your scared shitless the minute the horse gets out of first gear.

Its true Ralph  

But I can ride, I just need some practise at going fast  

You have to be a pretty good rider to go on a horse safari, so my plan was to have a bunch of lessons. Then go on the Argentina trip and follow it fairly quickly with the Botswana trip. But it was expensive and holidays seasons didn't match to be able to do it that way. I will get round it it eventually, but in the meantime I've got a few places like China, Philippines, and Indonesia in the planning to keep me occupied  

You ever been to Skeggy?

Yup