Dan, my brother, and I wrote diaries in small notebooks on most days of our journey up to the point when we were in the Central African Republic. After that, my record of the journey is held in letters that I sent to Penny, my then girlfriend and now wife.
Typing up the entries for each day is bringing back to life what we experienced and felt. I'm enjoying it. However, I realise that making it into something which people want to read is going to take a lot more effort. Some of the language and grammar I used in the diaries reminds me that I was often writing the diary after a long day in the saddle while in a tent and using a paraffin lamp for light.
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Ben Hawkins
10/4/2011 08:44:36 pm
I look forward to it Will!! I have three or four of your photos if you need them - perhaps you already have them? Always thought you should write 'the book'.
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10/4/2011 08:56:14 pm
Hi Dad,
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