Following on from you post on the Ellan McArthur thread the other week
"brilliant feat, well done but nobody asked you to, it was an ambition (some might say foolhardy)of yours -don't get the Damehood thing - why not a Knighthood for Alan Hinkes been following his ambition for years - successfully I might add."
Just seen this on the BBC website
"Alan Hinkes, mountaineer, services to sport, Richmond, North Yorkshire" - OBE - not quite the knighthood - but recognition