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...

Booked!! Last week, after much deliberation we booked and paid for the flights, so its done, there's no turning back.. Over the last few weeks we have researched the entire Lonely Planet collection of books..we are now officially Water stones best customers!...ummed and arred about various locations, spoken to friends and relatives who have taken the travelling plunge, budgeted so well we make George Osbourne look like an amateur, sorted out the youngest s ...