Who is Ben?

I could say "Sarah B what are you doing online so early but I suspect it may be one of the younger members of the family playing bejewelled blitz or similar. However there are more important things to share. Those of you familiar with the three FB pages run from this house will already know much of the news and indeed seen the pictures there is much to tell in the land of Santa. Jetski boy has surpassed himself (how appropriate I have just realised that that spells hims elf). With a group of friends he set of in the middle of the night to drive to a place inhabited my mysterious Celts and covered in snow. Fortunately he did not go in his own sleigh but persuaded a friend to take the responsibility for staying awake over 516 miles, 15 hours travelling and some rather odd sat nav directions. On the way he and friends discovered a place called the Yorkshire Dales, home to sheep and tea bags I believe and were captivated by it. There are many differences between our normal home and the place called Scot Land, not least the language which is well nigh uninterpretable up there. Designations like "A road" have a different meaning. We are used to to 4 lane tarmac highway whereas our Celtic brothers think this is an appropriate description of a country track with passing places. Much to his surprise he also found Scot Land covered in snow, although I would have thought he should be used to this.
Once arrived and after a short night's sleep they set out to climb Ben Nevis. What Ben had to say about this is not recorded. They must have given him a thorough going over as they say it took 12 hours. Spurred on by tales of derring do they stuck manfully (sorry for those with pc sensitivities) to their task, with only a single ice age and some funny hats to support them. So desperate were they that they were forced to resort to eating snow. In this part of the world a snow cone is a cold sweet you give to children and adults who like to pretend but apparently they found the real thing lacked taste and substance.
Safely returned he has since been unwell with recurrent flu symptoms and swollen glands. Having been disappointed that his earlier diagnosis of mumps was inaccurate (we had the boys vaccinated MMR along with the reindeer) he has now latched on to glandular fever. Off to the doctors tomorrow I think. Medical bulletins will be posted regularly on FB