The Background Ten years ago I was working for an Overland Tour Operator taking groups of 24 tourists on 11 week long trips through East and Southern Africa. Whilst working on my truck in a small town in the north of Zimbabwe, a jack broke and the truck fell on me leaving me paralysed from the waist down. My desire to travel has never left me, and my love of Africa was not marred by the accident. Within 18 months of being discharged from the hospital, I had bought a Landrover Discovery, converted for hand control use and returned to Africa where I travelled for 9 month with Ruth Fripp raising funds for various charities including Spinal Injuries Scotland. Since that trip I have returned to Africa many times on shorter holidays. I have also continued
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