First stop Lima starring Pink Floyd and cats....... Well we finally got going. The flight from Heathrow was great . We got upgraded from steerage to World traveller club class no less!!....maybe all the shinanigans on saturday was worth it. The nine hour flight was very comforatble; big seats, proper food, metal cutlery and wine.. Landing in Miami and I was surprised to see how disorganised the US system is, we waited a good hour to be process through bo...

The day that didn't happen..... All morning I had been having a nagging doubt about flying, I know almost everybody gets it before getting on an aeroplane but I just felt there was something not right about leaving today. I put it down to being emotionally drained from saying goodbye to everybody over the past week. On Monday there was the meal at Chiquitos with all of my lovely girls, on Friday a fantastic leaving party, where the Big Bad Wilfs made their...

Countdown to T5.... Well its been six weeks since we moved out of our beautiful forge and moved into Rays mum and dads. Seems strange that I left Copnor in 1980 and have returned 32 years later. A lot of life has happened in between!!. The day of the move was sad. I had to go into auto pilot and just get the job done. The night before we moved we went and had fish and chips at The Fox, for one last time and I managed to capture the owls hooting to his...

Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......splat!!! On Monday Ray and I visited the local Rudgwick surgery and spoke to the 'wise woman' who informed us that on our travels we will encounter, Cholera, Hepatitis A and B, Yellow Fever, Dysentery, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Typhoid, Japanese Encephalitis and Rabies!!! ..and there I was worried about getting the squits!!!...anyway following this meeting I now have an extremely bruised and aching arm and am due back to the wise woman next...

End of a very short era.... Today , Ray and I told our landlord that we were going to leave our lovely forge. Very sad about it. It has been a place of sanctuary and calm for a year. Anyway its been a year and a month almost to the day. We moved in on 10th April 2011 and have confirmed that we will be moving out on the 12th May 2012. We havent been here very long but have loved every moment that the countryside has to offer. We had Emily's 18th birthday h...