Bad news all around

Unfortunately there's been bad news all around.

I was trying to break another world record, in this case sailing across the Atlantic on Virgin Money, when we got hit by a massive wave and had to stop. The boats going in for repairs, and the team will be trying again.

But the worst news recently is of my old friend Stevie Fossett. He once was lost, but now has been found. Unfortunately, only his mortal remains were left. My mate, my co-partner, and one of my best friends is gone. I miss you, Stevie.

Things will get better.

Warm regards,
Sir Dick

Breaking another record

Hello, everyone. It's Sir Dick here, writing from on board my racing yacht in the middle of the cold Atlantic Ocean.

If you haven't heard the news, I'm sailing with Ben Ainslie and most of Britain's America's Cup team from New York to Britain to break another world record. Seas are rough, but that means we've got great wind to get us there fast. My kids are on board and are handling it well.

Sky News has a story up on me and the team here.

Look forward to writing about it more on the other side.

Warm regards,
Sir Dick

Look out world

I'll be unveiling White Knight 2 (the carrier plan for my spaceship) on Monday! See how Virgin is pioneering our way into space.

Warm regards,
Sir Dick

Glastonbury

To all the "haters" who didn't want to see Jay-Z at Glastonbury, I say rubbish.

Glastonbury celebrates great music and though it's not rock, Jay-Z is one hell of a writer and performer. Well done to him. If Virgin Radio didn't get an interview with him I may have to have some words...

Warm regards,
Sir Dick

The London Marathon - now sponsored by Virgin!

I'm proud that I can finally talk about this deal now.

From 2010, Virgin Money will be sponsoring the legendary London Marathon. That year will be the 30th anniversary of the race. Since its founding runners in the London Marathon have raised over £400 million for charity, and last year alone raised £46.5 million.

There's only one problem with this deal... I know that I'm going to have to end up running it! More on that later.

We are proud to be part of the London Marathon and look forward to raising more money for worthy causes.

Warm regards,
Sir Dick

Trying this out

So one of my advisors told me that hip people in the States are using this "Twitter" thing.

So if you'd like to, check me out here:

http://www.twitter.com/sirdickbranson

Warm regards,
Sir Dick

BA and T5

Wow, British Airways stinks. They (highly unsuccessfully) tried to shut Sir Dick down a while back and failed.

Now they opened up this (supposedly) fantastic new terminal that was going to be the best thing to happen to British aviation and London's Heathrow Airport. WRONG.

They failed there, too, and thousands of bags went missing.

Lesson learned? Fly Virgin.

Warm regards,
Sir Dick

Rocket Man

So I announced this ages ago, but thought it might be nice to post it here, too. My spaceship company, Virgin Galactic, unveiled the world's first tourist spaceship. SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo were a huge hit, and we're getting more and more paying passengers reserving spots on our waiting list.

Check me out with the model here... and before you ask, yes, I was feeling a little constipated.

Warm regards,
Sir Dick

I'm just thinking out loud here

Everyone I meet back in the States is all about the Oscars. But lets face it, while some films are good, most are complete rubbish because the studios don't care about quality, they only care about international DVD sales.

Perhaps Virgin should get into the film business. If Steve, David, and the other guy could start Dreamworks, I could surely start Virgin Films. With Pinewood studios here in London doing their big building spree to model the world in the space of an ASDA car park, there is certainly an opportunity to produce a number of them locally.

Thoughts? I think I'll bring it up with my advisors tomorrow...

Warm regards,
Sir Dick

Argh

Sometimes the Government really irritates me. Now they're getting in my way of taking over Northern Rock. Which means that Northern Rock customers will receive poorer service for higher prices, instead of great Virgin service at great Virgin prices. My American friends say they've got a term for this... cock-blocking.

Warm regards,
Sir Dick