John heads to the Middle East ..Alan to the North Sea
John is now on a Diving ship for a 3 month diving Inspection project which will take him to many oil fields in the area of the Gulf including Iran ... dad Alan is also back offshore diving in the North Sea ..Fiona holding the fort and taking daily kennel & museum tours..Since coming home from Doug & Mels in MT John has worked in Acergys workshop (the company who backed him this winter).John is now very focused on his commercial diving career ..his sleddog racing is not a one off idea nor dream,his time with Egil ,Hans & Doug & Mel is all to do with getting experaince ..not a one off "lets go do the Iditarod.. ..This winter he became the youngest musher to have ever qualified for the Iditarod in Europe..he plans to immigrate to Canada also soon.When in those trips or races..John has no helpers ..nor did Hans or Doug ever have someone looking after him ....just like our Jamaican friend Newton who may do Iditarod 2010..they do it all themselves and spend 5 months training hard pre event...