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The Goodbye Tour (2012)

Last week at work

Ashburton

Microlight Adventure

Exeter

Exmouth

Nottingham

Coventry

Surprise Party

Trip to the Airport

Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Ben returns home to Devon only to see things from an entirely new perspective

Having never been more than 3ft from the ground the thought of taking my first flight in a microlight was certainly a risky one and with every chance it could put me off from ever flying again I felt I had to turn  James down when he offered me the chance to take a trip in his microlight for my birthday. 

But two days later back home in Devon on an unseasonably warm and sunny afternoon I somehow find myself in a flight suit being buckled into a micro light...

40 Days and 40 Nights

As the final countdown begins, Ben reflects on what is now just around the corner

As the final countdown goes through yet another milestone I am all too aware that this now is the calm before the storm. For whilst I may have been planning this trip for more than a year and am pretty much ready to go, I still, even now haven't seen any real tangible change. But that in itself is about to change...

iBroke

Ben has a nasty accident in the toilet

For anyone who has seen me in the last twelve months you will have probably witnessed the destructive powers a drunk man can have on his own mobile phone...

Summer in a Snapshot

Ben takes a look back on what was a very busy summer

Incredibly it has been over four months since I last posted anything in to my journal so I thought it was about time I provided a bit of an update on what has been going on...

The Revolution: Easy as One, Two, Three

Ben Collins sets out three personal goals for his time before setting off around the World

In the two months since my last post my energy and enthusiasm for next year has exploded and I am now literally counting down the days until I can pack my bags and hit the road. But whilst the countdown continues, so too does the day-to-day grind – and this I have been grinding harder and longer than I ever realised possible...