However since then the whole place has become very unstable so maybe and I mean just maybe the O’Haras of this world provide some sort of structure and stability, I don’t know.

JH - Glad to hear you are not going as I said above things have got really hot there in the last couple of weeks.

Andy - Indeed we had a thoroughly grand night out. Pissed as a bloody fart to be exact and I felt dreadful for two days. Allegations of me dancing and singing “Come on Eileen” continue to circulate through the low society journals such as Titler and Vague.

Until you said a “British” Job it had not really occurred to me. softly softly. If we could have negotiated a realistic solution would would have done. However as it transpired there were elements other than just the kidnapping for the ransom. O’Hara wanted Rogirst dead, he knew too much and so did the other two by association.

DL - Thank you for your kind comments. I am in tentative talks with somebody about a book with a view to trying to raise some money for a suitable chaity looking after kids in the areas where we have worked. The problem is that almost the whole of africa is up the creek.

I have been catching up on the comings and goings at chez vous and I just don’t know how you and sally keep up and cope. I get knackered just reading about them.

Like I said a little while ago, I reckon your life is interesting enough to think about putting it into a book. You’ve already done a lot of the work…

Cheers,
D.

Seriously though, congratulations - you and your team did a fantastic (and dare I say a proper “British”) job - very gald it all worked out

My company have cancelled my proposed trip. Not because they don’t want anything to happen to me but because the insurance is so expensive. I am not too disappointed.

xx