Chris Stevendale

Still no news about when the trip might be rearranged. I'm fairly pessimistic about ever getting to Cape Town as I would not be allowed to go during term time and it is unlikely that LECT would want to wait as long as next Easter before the trip is rearranged. It looks likely that we [...]

Not much to report on. The cancellation of the trip has allowed me to go to one or two Fringe events that I would not otherwise have managed to attend. It has also given me some more time to work on the Access module which I suppose is all to the good.
This morning, I have [...]

Well, after months of preparation, research and organisation, we have had to cancel the trip. As soon as I heard the news this morning, I had a feeling that there could be problems. I have spent much of the day in contact with the rest of the group but in the end it was not [...]

Only one and a half days to go and I’m beginning to get rather excited. I’ve started gathering bits and pieces together ready for packing. We have now been informed that the dress 'code' for visits does not have to be too formal so perhaps smart trousers without a suit jacket will ‘fit the bill’. [...]

I am delighted to report that my tickets arrived safely today. The envelope was addressed to Ms S Christine and so I hurriedly checked the name on the tickets to ensure that these were correct! The travel adapter that I had ordered has also arrived. South African ones are very like the old round pin [...]

I have been through a couple of stressful days. There was no sign of my airline tickets and so I contacted LECT to check that all was well, only to be told that because of an oversight, the travel agent had not been informed that I needed flights from Edinburgh to and from London. I [...]