Back home and into our home. We need to complete the blog covering the last 2.5 years and our return - we will do it soon. Lots of love Eric & Margaret xx

Well, we've gone full circle and are back where we set of in August 2006. Jim & Pam met at Gatwick and it was great to see them looking so well. We'll update the blog soon. E & M xxx

Perhaps this is a bit of a cheek - as we landed here on our way back to the UK - but we did pop into Dublin for a quick look rounds. Love E & M xxx

It was a short flight from Toronto to LaGuardia in New York. We had an absolutely wonderful landing into New York as the plane had to come in over Manhattan - the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Ground Zero, Statue of Liberty were clearly set out below us as we flew down the Hudson (thankfully not into it!) and around and up the East River taking us over Flushing Meadow and the old Shea Stadium as we made our way into the airport. As the US has an arra...

After so long in the southern hemisphere it felt a bit strange to be heading over the equator and much further north. Our flight to Toronto was via Miami and it certainly was strange to be in a US airport with all the peculiar arrangements for luggage handling and security, surrounded by masses of Americans of all shapes, sizes and colours. Landing in Toronto we saw the ground covered in snow and were hit by really cold air. Although we'd been exchanging email...