This weekend Pippa and I spent in Culmstock with much family. Chris (Pippa's brother), Jeanette, Michael & Eve came down from Lower Langford while Pen (Pippa's sister), Bones, Max and Milly came over from London. It was the 4th anniversary of Pippa's father, John, passing away and we all got together for the weekend to see each other and remember. It was a really happy and very loud house with children running everywhere and learning the art of camel Rustlin...

Our car is working, Hooray!!! And we have tested on the motorway. We had to borrow a car from the mechanic to get to Pippa's appointment in Tiverton. It was a Vauxhall (Holden) Vectra with spongy brakes and springing clutch. But it gave us the independence to go and have a look around at the world. After the appointment we returned the car and the mechanic had fixed ours. We have our Renault Laguna back. The next step is to look for a house and jobs and me to c...

Hello again to the followers of the blog. Some say follow the gourd, others the sandal. I say follow the blog. Thank you Gemma, long time reader first time messenger. And to Fleur, it is nice for Anouk to have a follower through the blog. Well mine and Pippa's adventures through England have well and truly got off to a challenging start. We bought ourselves a Renault Laguna hatch. It drove well on a test drive and was in our mega price bracket. We needed a car a...