An Eventful Beginning (part one) We spent the night before we left at Karl and Magna's. Adrian-next-door drove us there (stopping at the 'Welcome to Bletchley Home of the Code Breakers' sign for us to photograph it, and ourselves with it - I want to change the 'welcome' to 'goodbye'). Magna provided a lovely meal of lamb tagine and couscous followed by a raspberry and chocolate roulade. We drank a lovely red that they provided and a sparkling NZ rosé from Marks...

Well the flights are booked, the shippers are booked and I've even booked our Christmas accommodation in the Cook Islands. In 35 days we'll have left England and our adventure will have begun. The travel plan showing on here at the moment shows only the the places to (and from) which we have flights booked plus Niagara Falls as we know tht is going to be the first place we go after New York. We know that we want to go to the Grand Canyon and San Francisco, and ...