After a quiet and dull couple of weeks we're almost off to the UK. I fly to Addis Ababa today and then we both leave Addis at the awful time of 0335 on Thursday courtesy of BA. I can't wait. I need a break although not a slobby lazy one. We get enough dead time here to make the prospect of four weeks sitting around in the UK sitting unappealing. Instead we've managed to put together visits to family and friends, camping in Scotland, three days in a bothy with friends and a week-long orienteering event (the Scottish Six Days) in Speyside. We're back to Ethiopia on August 14th, hopefully mentally recharged.