It was bound to happen sooner or later. It has proved hard enough to coordinate diaries in the light of knowns (appointments, events and holidays) and known unknowns (possible but not yet fixed appointments, events and holidays). We couldn’t account for unknown unknowns like Ronnie picking up a bacterial infection having waded through stagnant water with an open wound.
The result was a very uncomfortable bug for Ronnie and short notice postponement of our May hike.
Hence I am spending more of my time in Israel working and attending a Biomed conference than I had anticipated – it was not worth cancelling altogether as I’d planned to attend part of the conference and do some work after we finished the hike in any event.
Fortunately the hotel in Kfar Kish we had booked for two nights has been kind enough to transfer our booking to October. We did think of another summer hike to make up time, but early December seems a better bet.
Just a bit frustrating that we currently have perfect hiking weather!
Hiking the Israel National Trail 