Premier Inn Wellingborough

With time rapidly dwindling I went down to Banbury way this afternoon to visit my brother et famille before I leave, taking the opportunity to say goobye to two young nephews - one of whom was able to appreciate some of the implications of what I am doing, "But what if you get sick?" he asked. :-)

Back up to Stoke in the late evening. Last day of preparations tomorrow.

... hardly any time left. Nicholle flies on Sunday into Sydney and is spending the first week at her god parents house 45 mins from Sydney. Then I fly out to meet her on 5th Dec. Then the true adventure begins.

This week has been fairly stressful, especially for Nic. Visa problems, New year accomodation and the dreaded packing. Anyone that knows Nic and I know that we aren't your typical backpackers, to say the ...

A quick update. Things have moved on, including us. We're pleased to report that a few days ago Brian the van was declared healthy, after some serious re-constructive surgery!

On Monday we left Norfolk and began a series of public transport journeys that would take us from Norwich to London, London to Cheltenham (to visit with friends for a couple of nights) and then Cheltenham to Birmingham to finally pick up our beloved Brian. We ...

The last few weeks have been really manic while we've prepared to put our furniture into storage and get our property ready for letting. Thankfully, most of the hard work is completed and now we can concentrate on getting ready for our travels. It's difficult to believe that we leave in just under a week!

We fly into Delhi on Monday, arriving very early ...

Well since Amsterdam Josh and I have been staying in county Bedfordshire with my Aunty Sue. She lives in a country house, dated from the 1800's (and has the deeds to prove it!), with her dad - known as Grand dad to all) and her doggies, Molly and Buddy the bulldog.

So Friday we had a glorious sleep in, then headed to Milton Keynes for a couple of hours of retail ...

Well today was our last day in Amsterdam

A lovely sleep in this morning - owing part to the stone over from the previous night's events and also due to the grey skies and rain that have plagued us through Amsterdam. Packed all the bits and pieces up, left our bags with the hotel staff and off we wandered to the Heineken Experience Museum......

which wasn't open until 11am (note that for anyone wanting to visit!) - so another wonderful brekkie ...

... We’re now planning to spend November in France where we can speak a little of the language. A couple of great opportunities have come up there that look very exciting. Providing that there are sufficient volunteers, one of the hopes is to erect an eco building in a woodland using local resources. So we won’t be gaining a winter suntan immediately, and the woollen socks will be important!
Alex

... air pump, fire extinguisher and a small basic tool roll. With the linen we wanted for the caravan and suitcase packed and all in the boot we were just about ready. Sandwiches for the day (Sunday nibbles) ready if needed, and a cool box for Mondays sandwiches and cold drinks were stashed by the rear seat and then we were off on the Grand Depart at 08.30

... I am sorry to say that my computer is broken and consequently in Canada (care of Liz Philp) and I cannot connect my ipod to the computer so there will be no more pictures to be uploaded. I am sorry. So weirdly enough you are all going to have to wait till I get home (Guelph) to see any sort of adventures abroad. I am not looking forward to the amount of things I have to do when I get home to get ready for the first week of School ...

... you who are in western Europe here is my contact number +447929316302. Its a London number. I have re-seen the sights in London, but this time I wasn't running through the town. I went to a few museums today and really enjoyed myself in the Vic Albert. I am off to Malaga Spain to meet up with Ania, Meg, and Emily from Krakow. I leave at some god awful hour in the morning so I am off to bed soon.