God is with us for our Captain
‘So wickedly, so devilishly false is that common objection: They are only poor because they are that idle’ John Wesley Way back in 2007 I climbed Ben Nevis with my wife’s cousin Chris and her Uncle Samuel (our youngest son is also named Samuel) from South Shields and a great bunch of lads from Newcastle, who were raising money for a local charity. It was wonderful day out and we had a brilliant laugh. I still recall some of the banter as we were half way up the mountain, with some other lads wearing Sunderland shirts, who appeared out the mist, on their way back down. It was all quite surreal! If you look at the photographs below, you’ll notice I’m the only person wearing actual hiking gear, the Geordie boys just rocked up in the morning wearing t-shirts, Newcastle shirts, shorts and trainers, to climb Brtian’s highest mountain...which still had snow on the summit at that time of the year. Regardless, they all still made it to the top with ease, despite absolutely canning it the ni