Long time friend and former student Rob Dyke (on right with friend, Ian, at Everest base camp) has a catalogue of physical triumphs to his credit and has now added to his resume with a remarkable journey by land and water across India and Nepal and a long way up Everest itself. I hope Rob will describe his odyssey in a future edition of 'Well'.

Roxy, the Speakwell cat, who is now 20 years old on an all-meat diet.
(Maybe Dr. Atkins was on to something).

17 Syllable Exercise

Some Cat Haiku's (Origin Unknown)

You must scratch me there!
Yes, above my tail!
Behold, elevator butt.

The rule for today
Touch my tail, I shred your hands.
New rule tomorrow.

And one non-cat haiku from Martin:

To write a haiku
For your fiftieth birthday
Is very diffic.