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Inspiring people and Inspiring talks

Its been nearly a month since the verbalisation of the Welsh Diwali , and in the meantime I have been fortunate to meet a few more inspiring people at few inspiring talks I attended - (27th Oct. venue: Turner sims concert hall) a) Ben Fogle :  Ben is a truly inspirational character - in every sense of the word. Fortunately I had a reminder pop-up in outlook just 10 minutes before his talk - advertised on the university events website. Among other (crazy) things he has done in life, which you can check from his website, he has participated and completed the MDS, supposedly the toughest footrace on the planet. He has raced across antarctica to the beautiful south pole only to find that bang on the south pole is a block-shaped american research station - complete with McD's and basketball courts.  He has crossed the atlantic in a row boat. And if that was not enough to raise money (for charity), he has penned down memoirs of the last two adevntures in "The Race to the P