Long time no . . . post. SO . . . ANNOUNCING BIking Birder X, Rwanda 2026 - my tenth Biking Birder adventure

 

If you know, you know!

I adore the film Up and maybe because my own wife, Karen died and I miss her still, I have changed what happened to Ellie in the film to this . . .

Ellie did NOT die. Ellie divorced Carl because he didn't take her to Paradise (Angel) Falls, despite his promise.

Ellie is alive and well and living in the Amazonian areas I love so much, Manu and Tambopata, in my beloved Peru! The clue as to her whereabouts is the Blue-headed Parrot on her shoulders when she is working in a zoo.

Blue-headed Parrots are one of the commonest Parrot species in the Manu and Tambopata, two amazing National Parks in Amazonian Peru.

I want to go and search both areas again (and again) and find Ellie. What am I saying? I have been a number of times to both wonderful places, spending months at a time searching but not finding the elusive Ellie.

Ellie, like Olaf, is a pure soul. She is an incredible nature-loving, adventure-loving individual, who faced sadness, after making nursery preparations, had a miscarriage and both were told Ellie would never be able to have children, with fortitude, dignity and love for Carl.

Their adventure was in being with each other.

I want to bring her from the jungle, bring her back to Carl and show her how their love other, after her disappearance, changed a cantankerous, old man and seemingly Ellie-obsessed man, into a man capable of giving love to a child, and a dog!

                             

Love conquers all, especially evil.

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Of course mine is a silly scenario.

Ellie sadly and oh so poignantly died, as did Karen, my Spanish, Irish Gypsy from Bolton and so incredibly beautiful wife. As did my little brother Christopher (Derby!) and two of the BEST friends one could ever wish for in life; Gordon Barnes and Alex Barter!

So at this ridiculously early morning hour of 1:45am, (1:45am! I should be sleeping!!!) I am awake, writing this and writing notes about my next Biking Birder adventure to Rwanda, my TENTH Biking Birder adventure.

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The adventure will feature a most beautiful real life Ellie, another pure soul. It will be a privilege so precious to talk about a real life Ellie, who, as with Ellie in the most beautiful of Pixar films, Up, is sadly no longer with us.

Adventure is Out There!

Get ready for your Ellie badge.

Love to you all and please be prepared to follow maybe the most important Biking Birder adventure ever!

Give Love Each Day by Yes

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One last comment. For those who know me and say that I was punching about my weight with having such a beautiful, stunning looking wife, well I may have changed over the years, I was 37 when I met Karen and this June I was 70.

Seventy!

This is a photo of both of us, very much in love, on the occasion of our marriage, July 26th, 1997.

I wasn't a Brad Pitt but I wasn't too Quasimodo.

Karen saw Quasimodo's heart, the man, in me. I married my Esmeralda.

Ooooh sweet love of mine!