The countdown is finally over and the journey to new horizons begun So here I am, huge rucksack on my back, standing in Norwich bus station with a thousand questions in my mind. Can I really leave Poppy in charge of her little sisters? She hadn't even remembered what time I was leaving and was still in bed when it was time for me to leave, never mind all the complicated arrangements for picking up the girls from school, nursery and the miriad of activities kids seem to have these days. What the hell am I doing going half way across [View Full Entry]

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For years I've listened enthralled, amazed, surprised, amused, enraputred, intrigued but with resigned envy to travellers tales from friends, family, work colleagues, aquaintances, random strangers! I've gazed longingly over photos of far flung places, peoples, landscapes, wildlife, horizons beyond my narrow little world and wished I could be there too, experiencing it for myself. But I've been a mum forever and never had the chance to spread my wings. With a daughter at university (where does the time go?) and two under 10s my chances of even a slight ruffling of feathers seemed far, far [View Full Entry]

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