An eventful few weeks.............

Phew. It has been an eventful few weeks and no mistake. Apologies for the delay in writing my Blog up for a while but I have been out of action for a while.
The Preston CC cricket season has finally had the stumps pulled and the season has been a great success from a club perspective. From a personal angle I think I should try and get better at golf. The brown hints of Autumn have been creeping into the Hertfordshire countryside and the conkers have been ripening. The beers at the Red Lion have been taking on a "wintery" feel..............................oh and I had another daughter. Yes, we finally (8 days late) gave birth to Lexie Bo Waters - LBW (an apt choice I think). She weighed in at an eye-watering 7lb 13 ounces. Lexie is doing fine and my other daughter, Beth, is certainly taking a shine to her new toy.
The Everest machine has also been hard at work and huge thanks to the guys behind the scenes for the continued effort to get the venture of the ground. The update meeting at The Plough in Sheen was brilliant as it enabled everyone to meet again (for someone that doesn't live in London, this is very important I think) and see where the "corporate" side of the project has got too. The new look website is up and running now too - please take a look at http://www.theeveresttest.com/. You will be able to see who's who, what's going on and get regular updates from here on in. It also gives you the easiest way to donate money to the venture, which is now aimed at Sport Relief and The Himalayan Trust. Many companies are in negotiation with our lead organisers; momentum is quickening and interest is definitely growing. We then wandered over to Sheen Common where the mighty Team Tenzing took on Team Hillary in a game of 20/20. It was good to see everyone in battle colours. Needless to say, Tenzing royally screwed Hillary with their trousers on and won a convincing win. The bowling attack of Tenzing was simply too hostile for Hillary's best. The pitch "talked" a little and enabled seam-up to pin the Oppo back in the crease. A little bit of "chin-symphony" and a smattering of lofted "F&G" spin proved too much of a lethal cocktail. The crowd, I think, were suitably impressed before they pulled their trousers up, threw their Special Brew cans in the hedge and started to have a heated argument with the dustbin.

The 3 peaks is now officially "on" and a crack squad is in training at the moment to take the challenge on and come end of October, we will be making our way up to Glasgow International to start. I will let you know how that goes. The training continues and my weekly appearances at Circuit Training is starting to pay off, I think. The runs are getting longer but they are being managed and slowly the distance is increasing. I have also signed up for 3 5k runs next month and probably looking at a half marathon before Christmas. Obviously, with time slipping away the anti needs to be upped. It is in hand. See you later.