We had a flight booked from Denver to Gatwick for Thursday, there is only one flight a day out of Moab to Denver so we decided to fly Tuesday - if the flight was cancelled Tuesday at least we could try again Wednesday. A hurricane was battering Florida and stormy weather along wth snow was heading to Denver. Southern England was due to be hit by a storm and high winds Friday morning. Was the weather going to conspire to prevent us from getting home? After rigour...

We decided in December that we wouldn't go back to Europe to continue our tour but head somewhere completely different - South America! However once we started researching it we found so many trekking / hiking opportunities that we wondered how on earth we could make the most of our time there as we travel so slowly on Titty and South America is so huge. In our 100 days in Europe we clocked up almost 3000 miles on Titty but only had 11 days hiking - that was not ...

For those of you who aren't friends with us on Facebook you may be wondering what has happened to us. We have heard indirectly comments such as 'we have fallen off the map, gone into a black hole, dissapeared into oblivion' - not quite. We flew home from Croatia, then had an appointment with JD Tandems in North Yorkshire. The good news was that Titty's frame wasn't twisted or damaged so it was just the rear wheel, mudguard and pannier frame that needed replacing....

Another two and a half days and we reached Dover. Nearly didn't make it as some wild chickens almost took us out. Some great cycle paths and some bloody awful ones - overgrown, nettles, muddy, narrow - resorted to walking at one point. The South Downs proved to be very up. Last campsite in England - sofa, TV and charging sockets - luxury. Folkestone to Dover - two firsts, first time we walked up a hill and first time we used the big chain ring - great descent in...

From finishing work on Friday 11th August to setting off on Monday 14th August was an emotional rollercoaster for both of us - what on earth have we done! We were both glad just to get rolling (in the rain). Donna had an almost full bottle of Sloe Gin which she refused to leave behind and it was swiftly decanted into one of our water bottles and it's steadily going down. Three days on the road and 150 miles done. We dined out the first two nights but we have gone...