Waiting for Mr Darcy - Jules

Finally, a few minutes to blog!

So many people told me GSE would be a "life changing" experience...they were absolutely right. After only week one of GSE my head is spinning with plans and ideas to take back to my community and to implement with my own businesses. On Tuesday, for example, I had an amazing vocational day with a company called "Adnams" - a highly respected brewery which has evolved into a major force in beer and wine distribution and hotels - and they walk the carbon neutral (or better) walk all the way!

Yesterday we spent the entire day with some of the world's leading experts on climate change and bio fuels. So much to learn!

But now on to the important stuff...namely roaring around the beautiful English countryside along winding roads lined in Hawthorne hedges and flowering cow parsley in a convertible Jag. My driver was Brian Wilson (the Rotarian, not the Beach Boy). A typically hospitable English Rotarian with a passion for history and geography, who, behind the wheel of one of his beloved Jag, transformed into a crazed lunatic with a penchant for gale force winds in his hair and sending GSEers into the grips of fear! And I though Rotarians were all shy and retiring types!

My only disappointment so far has been that, despite placing myself in the most idyllic positions possible (leaning up against oaks, lying in fields on bluebells, strolling down county lanes etc) I have not, as yet, been approached by Mr Darcy in a damp white linen shirt, coming to express his undying love. I will not give up hope, and I will keep you all posted on my progress....