The Western Mail’s Wales Online website carries an interesting piece about fifteen former Welsh rugby captains who, together with team coach Warren Gatland, plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, next month in an effort to raise £1 million for lung cancer research – a very praiseworthy endeavour indeed.
What particularly intrigues me about the story, however, is that it is illustrated by a picture of six of the former stars accompanied by what looks suspiciously like the recycled Secretary of State for Wales, Peter Hain. There is, however, no mention whatever in the article of his name or of what he is actually doing there.
Are we to infer that Peter, a native of neighbouring Kenya, will be accompanying the athletes on their expedition to the mountain’s 19,330 ft summit?
Or should we take it that, perhaps more likely, he just knows a good photo opportunity when he sees one?
4 Comments
July 4, 2009 at 10:56 am
I AM SURE THAT HAIN HAS MORE CHANCE OF COMPLETING THE CLIMB THAN HE HAS OF BEING IN HIS POLITICAL POST THIS TIME NEXT YEAR!
I DOUBT HE IS DOING THE CLIMB THOUGH, JUST ANOTHER PHOTO FOR THE ALBUM, HOW SAD IS THAT.
July 4, 2009 at 11:27 am
Hear, hear Prasit.
July 5, 2009 at 2:32 pm
A WORKING class tory………oh heaven forbid !!!!
July 13, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Peter Hain actually joined us at the launch of the climb to help raise the awareness of the effects of Lung Cancer…I suggest that instead of making accusations in a schoolboy manner that you use your vocal abilities to help us in the fight against Lung Cancer.
I will also add that I am not a labour voter!