Apparently the age of 25 is a turning point, it is the end of youth and early adulthood and is the transition to serious 'adulting'. This, according to my youngest daughter Meg, who has just set off on her latest great adventure, travelling through Africa. In the heady days of her youth, she set herself the target of visiting all 7 continents by the age of 25, with Africa being her final continental challenge. To plan, fund and travel to some of the most remote and beautiful places in the world, is an amazing achievement at any age but to have done this when she is so young I think is just incredible, and I'm a very proud dad.
Meg isn't the only one though working through her bucket list, admittedly my desire to see Yorkshire play cricket at their beautiful ground in Scarborough isn't quite on the same scale as travelling the world, but nonetheless it is an important rite of passage for someone born and bred in Yorkshire. I only wish I'd taken more notice of Megs packing and organisation skills before embarking on my journey north. Admittedly I wasn't climbing 5900m to the summit of Kilimanjaro and having to plan for the transition from the Tanzanian
