Graham's Blog - Archive - November

Went to a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society the other day with my good friend Paul Weston. We heard Chris Bonington and Doug Scott talk about their epic descent from the Ogre in the Karakoram in 1977 (?) when DS broke both his legs and CB broke 2 ribs, yet they still got down in a fierce Himalayan storm. I remember reading about these guys in the late 70s - DS was a real hippy then and CB young & getting famous. Funny to see them as old men, respectable, well groomed, a bit shaky. They were real heroes, doing technically difficult climbing at high altitude.

Well, my blog has just moved. It's shifted over to the main SPTC site, so it will give me a bit of a new lease of life to start blogging here. We'll see what happens with it.

Life has got pretty busy with a new job, heading up a new college - St Mellitus College, started by the Bishops of London & Chelmsford in September. It will be doing theology & ministry training in London & Essex - a big vision & lots of work to do over the next few years. You'll hear more in time.....