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The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Soon after I retired a walking friend asked if I was interested in attempting to walk to the top of Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro is the crown of Tanzania and Africa’s highest mountain at 19345 feet ...
The great Christmas song debate

The great Christmas song debate

The Reading Chronicle has reported that presenters of 107 JACK fm breakfast in Berkshire, are refusing to play Christmas songs, until December 23rd at the earliest! Robin Banks and Neal Veglio have hi ...
Like a moth to a plane

Like a moth to a plane

A sprightly 90-year-old war veteran who drew up a bucket list got his dream of flying in a Tiger Moth – after crashing in his first and only solo flight 72 years before. Ex-naval airman Jack Gre ...