The Sunshine Award

I Have been privileged to have Kerry, from Ventura Upon Thames award me with the Sunshine Award.

She writes a wonderful blog about family Life as an American in the UK, please check it out!

Thank you Kerry!

According to the instructions, I am supposed to:

• acknowledge and thank the giver, link it back, and put the award on your page;
• answer 10 questions about yourself found below;
• pass the award on to 10 or a random number of bloggers (I’ll nominate only five for now but may add to this list later) and notify them.

So to the questions:

What is a real fear you have?
That those I love and care for will at some point have to overcome adversity and suffer and I will not be able to help them. I guess I value being strong and being able to protect the people I care about but the truth is that at times there are difficulties that you have to go through alone. I have had obstacles to overcome that have caused me great pain and I would hate for my loved ones to go through that. but I realise that the reality for most people, is that at some point in their lives they will be in a dark place and only they will be able to effect a change.

As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
As kid I wanted to be Mowgli from jungle book so naturally I wanted to grow up to be Tarzan!

As an adult with a mortgage and responsibilities I still want to be Tarzan!

What are some of your hobbies?
My love of the outdoors and adventure is clear and the subject of my blog but I also love gardening, growing vegetables, reading, drawing, art and crafts and cooking but often these take a back seat due to not having enough hours in the day. I have just began to help bee keeping with my friend, it is fascinating!

What hobby would you like to start?
Ever since reading Kes as a child I have always wanted to try Falconry, I would also like to try horse riding. I am fascinated by nature and love something about the primitive bond and relationships that man and animals can share.

If you could tell people anything, what would be the most important thing to say?
Respect yourself, from loving and respecting yourself comes love and respect for all things. Learn to love yourself and you will understand that you have unlimited potential!

Name one item from your “bucket list”?
I am training for an Ironman triathlon. I would also love to run an ultra marathon. My list is so long it’s beyond most people’s imagination. the main thing is not to waste any time ever and keep chipping away at the list

What’s the best prank you’ve pulled off?

I once put an egg down my wife’s knickers and then slapped her bum breaking the egg….don’t think she thought that was the best prank I’ve ever pulled, I also once text my wife to tell her I had bought a Canadian canoe at a car boot-sale, I sent her a picture of the canoe and she was not impressed as we did not have the space for such an item at the time. When she returned home from work, she found out that the canoe belonged to an action man and that I had used clever angles with the camera to make it look bigger 🙂

Not sure why she stays with me really?

What book are you planning to read next?
I am currently reading David Attenborough’s The First Eden: The Mediterranean and man

It is an amazing book that chronicles man’s history and mythology along with nature and geology and how they have all impacted upon each other in the Mediterranean.

Next will probably be James Lovelock’s GAIA: a new look at life on earth

The Gaia hypothesis proposes that living and non-living parts of the Earth form a single entity that adapts in order to sustain life

Coffee or tea?
Gunpowder Green tea

Lemon torte or chocolate cheesecake?
Neither, I have enjoyed some of these lovely raw whole food snacks lately though:

http://blog.trailcooking.com/2012/05/11/raw-raw-and-well-raw/

Now my nominees:

Travels with the Blonde Coyote See more of the world…on foot and on the road! This is one of the first blogs I ever followed and is packed with wonderful images and adventure stories, top of the list!

The Weekend woodsman Woodsman in training, enjoying the forests and fells of Finland. A fantastic blog giving me an insight into adventures in another part of the world!

The Mountain Library A reading list of mountaineering, mountain culture and travel, just need to read more of their reading list!

Joshi Daniel photography Images of People Simply some of the most striking images on the web!

Ahucah One of the most prolific Barefoot Bloggers!

 

Thanks again to Kerry for the nomination, thank you to the above blogs for educating and entertaining me and thank you to anyone who made it to the end of this lengthy post!