Great Gorillas and Annoying cars!

Hello everyone!

Well its been a busy time the last couple of weeks. Also annoying! Our car is in the garage being fixed yet again and supposedly getting its second new engine in 6 months. However the garage whose engine it was first said they would stand over it, but they have been doing next to nothing with it for nearly 5 weeks now! Ruins all our plans! They have lent us a tiny car but the exhaust is shot and we a family of 5 don't fit in it properly so not for long journeys!

My eldest son was at T4 on the Beach in Weston Super Mare this weekend past. They had a lot of rain but he was only about 10 from the stage so he was delighted! got burned to a crisp too! Bit hard on the feet. I prefer the version I have on TV although he said they had edited out a lot.

Jordan was at a theme park with school yesterday in the rain but seemed to have a good time. Alexander is off to Alton Towers tomorrow! The weather forecast seems better for that. Fingers crossed. They both finish school on Thursday although Ramsey doesn't finish junior school till Friday.

The elder boys then have a whole new uniform for next year to be name taped! They are merging the school with another to become one of these academies. I hate the new uniform. They had nice sports shirts and sweatshirts, which washed so easily and now they are moving to white shirts, ties and blazers! even the trousers are changing from grey to black! Madness!

On a totally different and more interesting topic I thought I would tell you about my Brother Douglass Blog. He is a Tropical Forester. He is currently Director of the Impenetrable forest in Uganda where the Mountain Gorillas are located. They are run by an American organisation ITFC but desperately need funding. I would urge you to have a look as it makes fascinating reading all about the conservation of rainforest and the wildlife there not just the gorillas. They also need help with funding, you can donate small amounts, or if you know anyone who would like to help please contact him via the site.

See the blog here http://bwindiresearchers.wildlifedirect.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/banner.gif. There are pictures of him there too. Miriam his partner also lives and work with him here. He travels a lot to meetings round the world, writes papers, books and is pretty well known in his field. Before Uganda now he worked in Indonesia and round there for 10 years

In his past he has rediscovered the African violet flower thought to be extinct in the wild and found other new animals, such as a new bush baby! What an exciting life...and no I haven't had the chance to go out there! There are ways you can visit though again see the web site if you are interested!

Well its late late late so I'm off to beddy byes!

night all!