IT
Shouldn’t Happen
to a
Volunteer
Over 30 Years ago, on June 9th 1987 two lads set off on an adventure that was to change their lives forever.
These are their stories.
Trains and Planes – The Journey Begins
Our flight to Israel was leaving on Tuesday evening from Gatwick Airport. For non-Brits, Gatwick is about an hour south of London and given that we lived about one hour to the North we knew it was going to be a long trek to the airport. In addition, it was a normal working day for […]
Packing
Packing to go on a fortnight vacation is a pretty straight forward thing. Fourteen T-Shirts or vest tops, a pair of swimming shorts, a couple of pairs of shorts, the contents of your underwear drawer, some suntan cream, diarrhoea pills, a jar of paracetamol, a pair of night club trousers and a shirt, condoms and […]
A few weeks earlier …..
I must confess I do not remember much about the Kibbutz Representatives induction meeting. I know it took place in a Hall somewhere close to Golders Green Underground Station and a quick look at Google Map shows a Methodist Church nearby. Some vague memory seems to trigger that at the time I thought it was […]
Meet the Gang
I looked at my brother. He was stood in the doorway of my cellar room. He had called me this morning when he had finally made it in to work and arranged to come by and meet me for a late lunch. Being in the “fashion business” suited my brother and by loose association me […]
