Day 7: Friday 4th October 2019 4:20am – Millennium Camp @ 3,950m Just woken up to find one of my trainers is filled with water. Oh well, doesn’t matter because this is our last night camping and we will be having lunch at the Weru Weru River Lodge – a hotel Read more…
Day 6: Thursday 3rd October 2019 4:30pm – Barafu (base) Camp @ 4,673m Dinner last night was pasta spirals, a wholly vegetarian sauce, salad and fresh pineapple. Bedtime was 7:30pm with strict instructions that we would be woken up at 5am. Suffice to say I did not have a very good Read more…
Day 5: Wednesday 2nd October 2019 5:10pm – Barranco Camp @ 3,950m. Last night’s dinner did not disappoint. Courgette soup followed by a veg stew, rice and fresh French beans with orange segments for afters. I had a pretty nasty experience with a long drop toilet last night. I had Read more…
A will isn’t something you can set up and forget. This month, Kerry Green highlights the importance of keeping it up to date… I made a will ten years ago and haven’t looked at it since. Will it still be relevant? This rather depends on what your will says and Read more…
Day 4: Tuesday 1st October 2019 2:30pm – Shira Cave Camp @ 3,750m. (From now on there will be lots of reference to how many metres above sea level we are). We arrived at Machame Gate at 9:30am ish yesterday. The Gate (entrance to the National Park) is at 1,900m, Read more…
Day 2 & 3: Sunday 29th & Monday 30th September 2019 6:15am/4:15am UK time – Aishi Hotel, Moshi, Tanzania. What an eventful couple of days. This really has turned into a magical mystery tour. We boarded the flight on Saturday and this time it actually took off. It was a Read more…
Days 1 & 2: Saturday 28th / Sunday 29th 2019 1:05pm – Heathrow Departures I decided to get the National Express to Heathrow which turned out to be a really good idea. I didn’t fancy lugging my two rucksacks (1 x 18kg 1 x 6kg) across London on the Tube. The coach trip Read more…
Where in Sheffield is Plastic Phobia based and how does working from the city benefit your business? The business is based in Manor Top, Sheffield, on Alison Business Centre. All the units and offices there are on monthly rents, so without long leases it is easy to scale up quickly. Read more…
We recently sponsored The President’s Young Entrepreneur 2019 award at this year’s Sheffield Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. We were proud to sponsor the award and feel Tom’s inspirational story should be heard. As such, we sat down with him to find out more. Firstly congratulations on winning the award Read more…
Follow Lucy Rodgers’ progress as she climbs Kilimanjaro. Day 9: After descending 13km from the summit yesterday, the group take on the final 12km descent today. Travelling through beautiful coffee plantations and traditional villages before feasting on a celebratory dinner. Day 8: Summit Day!! Setting off at midnight, today the Read more…