Tuesday 19/9/17. Day one. Suckley to Kitsilano, Vancouver. We are off on our next adventure - to Canada and then south following the Pacific Coast Highway to San Diego and then west to explore the National parks. Flying to Vancouver from Heathrow at 17.20 this evening. After a pretty much perfect flight with BA (Shoreshank Redemption, Churchill, Hidden Figures...) we arrived at Vancouver on time and queued for a taxi. Bearing up well considering it was 8pm lo...

Gatwick Airport, UK Chapter Two - The Canadian Adventure. An auspicious start to my 56th birthday with the 6.15am shuttle from Copthorne Hotel to The South terminal of Gatwick airport. Just us and our 138kg of luggage, courtesy of the Option plus upgrade (£15) with Air Transat. They accept our four large hold bags, Chris's bike and a large bag of camping equipment without a murmur, and don't even make fuss about the kilogramme of French cheese that we are expo...

Friday 2nd October. That's it then! Prescriptions signed, farewells said, parties celebrated and thank you letters written. After three glorious autumnal weeks at home and in Scotland, we are finally off on our travels! After a very short night we had a straightforward drive to Kingston for an excellent, if rather brief, lunch with Ruth followed by an uplifting taxi ride to Heathrow in the company of the charismatic Jay. Fortunately he confirms our firmly held ...