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Colin Smedley's avatar

In this article, Neil Manthorp unwittingly introduced me to something I have never before experienced. Feeling sorry for Richard Branson. That whole blokeish humour thing involving the feeble and ancient Richard or Dick line, was nearly enough to make me reconsider my views on Branson. But only nearly. Ultimately, sanity prevailed.

Still, in Neil's hands, even blokeish humour can be transformed into beautiful story telling.

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David Thomson's avatar

nice one Neil. Branson- a real character! I rafted and was a so-called 'long swimmer', but it was an incredible experience. The hardest part was retaining the 2 beers that were quickly drunk after the steep climb out- on a very bumpy truck. Sweated blood for that!

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