Well it's been a hectic few weeks but we seem to be all ready to go. Flight out to Rio tomorrow. Big thanks to our families who have been very supportive. Soooooooo excited right now. Not sure if we will sleep tonight. Hope to see everyone again in a year. We will endeavour to put updates and photos on here as and when we have internet. Typically we both got letters from the tax man today about self assessment. We phoned them and said 'but we will be abroad' Thei...

Just testing the off exploring site. Only a few weeks to go.

Well here we are.The big day has finally arrived.It's been 5 years since Jill and I sat in a pub and said 'what shall we do when I retire as a special treat?'. It's taken us 2 years to finalise where we wanted to go and 1 year to organise everything. Now we just want to get on a plane and get started. We will miss everyone. See you sll in 4 monthd.

Well here we are.The big day has finally arrived.It's been 5 years since Jill and I sat in a pub and said 'what shall we do when I retire as a special treat?'. It's taken us 2 years to finalise where we wanted to go and 1 year to organise everything. Now we just want to get on a plane and get started. We will miss everyone. See you sll in 4 monthd.

Sat at home. A couple of days to go before we set off on our big adventure. We think we've got things covered but I guess we will have forgotten something.First stop Calgary, Canada.