I have only just set off to travel to the G8 summit in L’Aquilla Italy, my initial fear was traveling to an area recently hit by an Earthquake, with a high likelihood of aftershocks, however this was quickly replaced when a bomb scare led to closure at Edinburgh airport.

After missing baggage, running for flights and arriving in Rome at 4am, I was physically exhausted, but excited to meet with some of our civil society colleagues in Italy who had organised the CIvil G8 that was due to start in 5 hours.