The eve of departure: having had four months to get ready for this trip, I now find that I'm leaving in 17 hours, and have yet to do the following:
1. Pack
2. Arrange for someone to run my business while I'm messing about with penguins
3. Learn to use the mountain of gadgetry that I haven't packed (or indeed paid for) yet
4. Panic (I'll do that in 16 hours...)
I bet Shackleton was SLIGHTLY more organised...
