So here I am, back in sunny, snowy, rainy, windy England. Yes that's right, I've been back a week now and I have already experienced all four seasons! Weather aside it's nice to be back at home with my family and friends although it has been a bit of a culture shock to say the least! A week on I've had time to adjust my body clock, get all the welcome home partying out of the way and get back to the UK way of living. This will be my final blog post in relation ...

So 7 months had passed and it was time to enter the final leg of this epic Journey in Miami. I believe I did make the right decision in extending my Californian trip by two weeks rather than spending 2 & half weeks in Miami. It gave me two more weeks surfing experience and my liver had a much bigger rest than it would have partying in Miami none stop. The 3 nights I spent here consisted of partying and topping up the tan before heading back to snowy Brita...

Almost two months ago I arrived in San Diego. A place I had never visited before and I never would have had I not decided to extend my trip. Fortunately I made that decision and instead of relaxing on Miami beach for three weeks, I decided to travel back to Southern California and extend my surfing experience. San Diego is now a place I like to call my Californian home, and I would love to come out here to live visa permitting. I continued my couch surfing exp...

After experiencing the cool temperatures of Napa over the Thanksgiving period, that was enough of a reminder of what cold weather I'm to be welcomed by on my homecoming. Being a true sun worshiper it was time to return South as soon as possible and hit the 85F/30C temperatures of Los Angeles. That's exactly what I did the day after thanksgiving. I returned to the base of my Californian trip which was Paul & Drew's place in Hollywood (thanks once again guys)....

Thanksgiving in the valley. After two crazy weekends in Vegas and San Francisco, there is no better wind down than the short trip north to the Napa valley. Known as 'wine country' for obvious reasons, there are acres of countryside and vineyards. The temperature had dropped significantly since my previous visit in August. It was in fact a stark reminder of weather I will be facing when I go back home to England. I experienced my first road accident on my way t...