Back in Blighty now. Journey home was good. Started raining as we left for the airport. Took about 8 hours 20 mins door to door. Can recommend somewhere to park your car near Stansted for a bit cheaper than the normal carparks if anyone is interested. Random boring facts - 13 mins between plane pulling up next to us and us getting on. Only 5 minutes between last people getting off and us getting on. However it seemed to take an age for the Ryan Air staff to ge...

Played backgammon and picked mushrooms for the first time yesterday. Went to zoo today. Saw gibbons as well as a bird display with pelicans and

went to the iron poet yesterday - lots of interesting sculptures, many made from scrap. Today have picked a few mushrooms & chestnuts.

Brittany, France. Arrived in France ok. Staying with John's parents. Simpson the dog v excited to see us. Using mobile as modem here is broken.

Back in England now. No looking out and seeing snowy moutains. Journey took 9 hours 40 mins - 2 buses, plane, coach, bus. Lots of red kites flying around near High Wycombe though to look at from the coach window.