‘I was bitten by killer ants and caught some unpleasant tropical diseases,so Egypt wasn’t entirely a waste of time’Those of you with longer memories than me will remember that a couple of years ago I wrote an autobiography called Cold: Extreme Adventures at the Lowest Temperatures on soil. In many ways this book will feel entirely familiar, apart from being about my adventures in some of the hot places I have visited. I use the term adventures loosely as, and between you and me,writing is not my strong point and much of it will seem fairly stupid.
I was born in South Africa which is actually fairly a hot site at certain times of year so maybe I have heat in my DNA. It’s an interesting thought. The British occupation of South Africa is a long and complicated story and one which, between you and me, or I’ve never fully understood but a rapid/fast read though an frail history book tells me it might have involved people called Cecil Rhodes and Rudyard Kipling. besides,it was all a long time ago and my parents moved to England when I was still fairly young.
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Source: theguardian.com