Episode 2 Finally it happened, we set off. Poor Heather must have heaved a sigh of relief at our departure although she would never admit it. Trevor, the cat will miss his back being rubbed, he liked that: David had seen a Landrover get together that he fancied attending so off we set to attend that after which we were going to head to Ireland for a few weeks. One Friday afternoon in dismal but not wet weather we belted up the motorway towards the midlands, not...

2014 Episode 1 Well, here I am back again sitting on Heather's sofa in Arundel having flown over with David on Malaysian. I did have high hopes of being abducted by Aliens en-route as must have happened to MH370 just a week earlier. Not making light of the disappearance of this flight you understand, but so far it seems as likely an explanation as most that have been put forward to date. After an uneventful flight and a visit to the "tribute wall" at Kuala Lum...

Episode 23 Well, we flew up to Kiruna in northern Sweden, me being stuffed into the cabin bag, no dignity at all. Had to leave Arundel about 3am and encountered only two or three other vehicles on the hour drive to Gatwick where we saw a lot of people sleeping on the seats or with sleeping bags spread about on the floor. The airport wasn't busy at that hour though the shops were beginning to open for the day’s business. Our flight left on time and we land...

Episode 22 It rained during all of our drive across France towards Paris. David had decided he would like to spend a day there as he'd not been there before and again L had not been there for a damn long time. We found a park and ride near a suburban train station where we could leave the car and take the train into the city on a somewhat chilly, breezy, but fine Sunday morning. We had definitely picked the wrong Sunday morning to visit Paris, it was the last d...