Faring well at our farewell - It may seem unusual to start a travel blog with an entry based just 300 yards from home, but every story has to have a beginning and we wanted many of our readers to be part of that beginning. A sunny day; a beautiful London square; 300 beers, 40 bottles of bubbles, 2 Bacardi Mojitos; 12.5kg of ice in a dustbin; a surprise BBQ from the Best Men; three cute babies; two hilariously drunk friends; a great 'survivors photo' (as you can ...

Blog Number 1 - We hope that the scenery and the quality of the content improves over the next 182 days. Just in case you were in any doubt, the photo shows James's bag (up front) packed and ready to go and Nicola's bag (at back) full but certainly not ready. Everything else is the stuff that Nicola was planning to take but hasn't quite managed to squeeze in. James appears to think he only needs two pairs of pants and a pen knife. Nicola seems to think she need...