FRIDAY, 1st December My watch strap has given up at last. The paper clip had served its purpose but it was too far gone now. No holes left to secure it around my wrist. It will have to go in my pocket. Bit hard to tell the time from there so I have put in a request for a watch for Xmas. Finding a new Casio band was too hard. It would have to be ...

With the Romanian embassy clutching onto our passports, and seemingly no chance of finding them anytime soon we ended up in Scotland. Having all taken two weeks off work and excitedly prepared ourselves for Romania, the embassy lost our passports. Its a painful topic. So consolation prize - hire a car and drive up to Scotland, so we did. A big c...