Reflections 2020

Jack and Jude are an extraordinary couple who have worked side by side since exchanging vows more than fifty years ago. These sixteen short-stories explore the lives of these two explorers bonded by their love of adventure and knowledge, beginning with their African Honeymoon in 1969. Five months overland from England to South Africa in a derelict VW van, braving the beautiful and desolate Sahara, and escaping to a war-ravaged Nigeria followed by Simba Rebels in the Congo, nursing their worn-out vehicle until it collapses into a swayback pile of junk in East Africa! Oh My!
Run the clock forward several decades and there are many more adventures from a couple who know how to stay together giving excellent advice to all wanting to achieve magnificent feats.
Failed Again, a story highlighting our indomitable spirit of never giving up in a cute reminisce from childhood days.
Running Scared is the frame by frame danger in our lives when undertaking expeditions to mid-ocean sand patches, which financed our lifestyle. Cannons boomed and frightened men dived for shelter in the South China Sea, a hotspot. Years later, on a black night approaching Madagascar, with our teenage sons on board, an error of judgement puts death within a heartbeat. The Dead Don’t Cry. Read the full book for a treat that can be spread lusciously over a few weeks, even if ravenous.