Don on a trip last year to Erraid/Mull and Iona.He recently cycled Land's End to John 0' Groats to raise funds for the
charity.
We look forward to his ideas and contributions.
He is hoping, with his wife Vicki and three boys to accompany Chris to Nepal late in 2011
In his own words,
'Unlike the other trustees, I haven't yet earned my freedom and I am happily enjoying life as a Police Officer in the North East of England where I live with my wife, Vicki and three young boys. I have a great love of wild places, particularly the mountains and qualified as a mountain instructor in the mid 1990's - and love to take others, including my boys to such wild and beautiful places. I have worked in outdoor education on and off since 1985 when I met the chairman, Chris Dickinson. Since then, I have dabbled in the full range of adventurous sports such as sailing, and have, at various times in the past, been a committed kayaker, open boater and paraglider. As a family we enjoy all these activities, particularly climbing, skiing, kayaking and cycling and I take great satisfaction from seeing others enjoying and growing through these activities, even when it means the boys are better than their dad! My other interests include education and the inequality of development/underdevelopment which lead me to work as a secondary school teacher of Geography in Scotland, England and also Tanzania in East Africa where I saw poverty in the raw. Hence, for me, Nepal Schools Trust is an inspirational project from an old friend of mine, and it has allowed me, once again, to be involved in education and play a part in giving others opportunities they may not have had. I hope that our work will go some way to providing young people in Nepal, and elsewhere, with such opportunities and insights we all, as human beings should enjoy.'
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