Of course being a Tuesday, I was once again joined by Margaret Mills, who this week turned her attention to an author of books aimed principally at children.

The lady in question was Margaret Scott who had been born in Burnham-on-Crouch where her father was the local vicar.

She later married a local curate and her writings were mainly made using her married name – Margaret GATTY.

After her marriage the couple moved to Sheffield.

If you missed what Margaret had to tell me about this lady, you can listen again here: –

We also reported on the exploits of a 27-year old Chinese student who, made an emergency call on the 22nd April from his phone, to report that he was suffering from altitude sickness, and so had to be airlifted to safety from Mount Fuji’s Fujinomiya trail, about 3,000 metres (nearly 10,000 feet) above sea level.

The mountain’s hiking trails are officially open only from July to early September, but there’s no a ban in place for hiking off-season.

Nevertheless at this time of the year, officials urge people to be aware of the incredibly harsh conditions that exist on the mountain, so it was a bit of a shock when just four days later the same student needed to be rescued a second time, after he’d  returned to the mountain to look for his phone and other belongings he’d left behind.

This time another climber found him unable to move after he’d again apparently developed altitude sickness.

Amazingly there’s no penalty applicable when a climber needs to be rescued, but this case has prompted outrage on social media with calls for him to be charged, at least for his second rescue.

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Hope to see you again next week,
Scott