(to the tune of summertime) Summertime....and the weather is breeeezy... Rain falling, with little chance of dryyyyyy.... One of this mornings..... I'm might try a little swimming, So hush weary scotman and try keep dry! So no foreign blog this summer, going for the Staycation. As I sit in my Victorian manor watching the cats and dogs raining down

The steam slowly began to permeate the room filling every crack in the mortar. The fresh odour de feet invading the senses with entirety. 13 moist men crammed into the bothe to the rhythmic backdrop of drip, drip, drip as 13 pairs of socks, jackets and base layers dried in varying stages, hung precarilously from temperory hooks around the room. "anyone for a game of strip snap?" is the first break in the silence. The group as one turn to the ecstatic voice of ...

'Ah Salam and good evening to you worthy friend... Please Please come closer... To close! Welcome to Aquaba, city of mystery, of enchantment and the finest merchandise this side of the river Jordan on sale today, come on down. I see your only interested In the the exceptionally rare,,, don't be filled by its common appearance, it is not on the outside which counts, but what lies on the inside... It is more than what it seems. A diamond in the rough.' We start o...

The sand blasted my face with such force that the top layer of skin must have joined it as it flew past. Excellent my very own desert scrub bath. I braced myself as the 4x4 crashed round another 40ft sound dune! "bend your knees" I hear Scott shout over the gale from his position standing beside me on the back of the truck hanging on for dear life! We had hit the area known as Wadi Rum earlier that morning. It is an incredible alien landscape with giant rocks...

"The nazi tank smashed into my side as I rode my horse at full gallop towards the lost city of Petra. The sun was rising over the northern wall as bullets flew past me on either side, I turned singled handedly returning fire at the enemy my magazine final finished leaving me defenceless the pain in my arm a vivid remind of my countless shots. Desperately I dug my heals into the flanks of my stallion and sprinted for the gates swung of my horse and dismounted int...