Another video from Girl Effect and the Nike Foundation.Addis, a beautiful 18 year old from Ethiopia, was married at the age of 11 to a man from her village. He wouldn't let her continue at school.She is no longer married so she's returned to school,...

Going away for a few days, and hoping the weather holds!

I'm away, and have hastily scheduled this.On my recent walk on St Catherine's Hill I noticed the trees were laden with seeds. Obviously a good year for ash. And for lime - the European common lime, not the citrus fruit. Technorati tags: PhotoHunt,...

I first walked to, but not up, St Catherine's Hill almost 5 months ago. Yesterday I finished the "up" part of the journey, though the further I went the more I realised there were still more places to explore.St Catherine's Hill was a settlement over...

Back in England for a week, and almost everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong. And of course the weather has been bad - cold and rainy. It all reached a peak on Friday night when I discovered there was no hot water, just as I stepped into my...