Viva Lewes Issue #140 May 2018

BITS AND BOBS
SPREAD THE WORD
with Machapuchare, the ‘Fish Tail Mountain’ of the
Annapurna range, in the background.
Kingston resident Gerry Bennett gave his eyes a
rest from all that spectacular wildlife and those
endless plains of the Serengeti. With thousands
of migrating zebra and wildebeest, and big cats
circling around on the hunt for easy pickings, Gerry
describes the safari trip as ‘truly amazing’. Though
he wasn’t tempted to climb Mt Kilimanjaro like
his wife Carolyn and son Tommy, both of whom
successfully reached the summit. ‘Why not?’ we
asked… ‘Mt Kili!’ came the reply, ‘Too sensible is
my defence, it’s quite a challenge, not to be underestimated.’
And here’s Rowena Easton, who took her Viva into
the cockpit of a Spitfire during the Battle of Britain
in WW2. Actually it’s a green-screen simulation
pod in the Cinema Museum in Turin… if you look
closely part of the backdrop has been transposed
onto the cover of the (back-to-front) mag.
Josh Broome, meanwhile, has been volunteering at
a school in Nepal since early December. He’s taken
a reminder of home with him (our October issue!)
and here he is on the very beautiful Panchase trek
Finally a shot closer to home. ‘This picture was
taken of my daughter Georgie, who is 17 months
old, at our home in Lewes,’ writes Alexandra
Brentnall. ‘She regularly enjoys perusing the articles
in Viva Lewes and is always excited when the new
edition arrives through the letterbox!’
Keep taking us with you and keep spreading the
word. Send your pictures, and a few words about your
trip, to hello@vivamagazines.com
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