Long time since have been on here - how are you lot coping with the snow? Any brave bikers still at it? How I miss two wheels!!! Oh for the open road, chips at boxhill and dodging the London traffic with 100bhp beneath you!!
Life is going well here in Afghanistan. News in brief: been over in the far west for a couple of weeks in the hospital / clinics and meeting with the community leaders in the villages, now am back in Kabul. Had a row with the boss about suicide bomb threats next to our house (sorted now - but there has been a few suicide bombs of late), am seeking funding for two excellent Afghan women’s organisations, one of the disabled peoples’ orgnaisations we work with suffered a coup, when the director (Hazara) suffered death threats with knives by the Shia staff, am working 24/7 and have started seeing a very nice Canadian water engineer, when curfew and lock down allows :) That’s it really, all is cool and have two weeks R&R from 14th - 28th Feb. That is, if the plane goes, it is snowing at the moment and Afghanistan can be a bit like ‘Hotel California’ in the winter … you can never leave…
Having got myself a fella makes life a bit more bearable sometimes when it gets tough. Nothing like having a Canadian water engineer waiting with an illegal bottle of Merlot, when you’ve come out of a hospital and stood the entire day in a freezing cold field for a propeller plane to Kabul;) I won’t rant on about him here though, still in the honeymoon period at the mo:)
I am back on 15th, then going up to see me folks and then back down to Lundin and back to Afghanistan 28th. Such a short amount of leave! I feel I need 10 months off on full pay right now! Be great to catch up, although I gather you lot have had big snows and it’s fookin’ freezing over there.
Am v sorry ASBO re our wedding plans, but you know it’s acceptable to marry 4 people at once here…:hehe::hehe:
Kerazy busy here at the mo, just had an e mail from a mate of mine down in Helmand and they all doing okay down there too, keeping their spirits up.
Raining there eh? Shall look forward to UK rain for a couple of weeks and a pint and discarding the radio and not having to worry about suicide bomb threats across the street. Hurrah!!!
Happy biking and Happy Valentines Day to you all - will be sending you all a virtual card as will be on a plane on that happy day.
Good to hear your ok Hels, and things are improving for you over there. Just make him a little tell him you’ve got 100 men offering to give you a ride. :w00t: Unless he spends all his money on you on Valentines Day.
Good to hear you’re safe and sound Hel’s!
I bet you can’t wait to get back to the good old sounds of London, and a good night out without having to check over your shoulder! :w00t:
There have been taliban suicide bomb attacks in Kabul today, in town and at the ministries, many casualties, plus gunfire, seems a mini war has broken out in the centre of town.
So fingers crossed re getting out tomorrow - might be tricky. Everyone is in lock down at the moment.
That’s it really, all is cool and have two weeks R&R from 14th - 28th Feb. That is, if the plane goes, it is snowing at the moment and Afghanistan can be a bit like ‘Hotel California’ in the winter … you can never leave…
when is you back in blighty??
