Blogs from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

D Day minus 15 Every day brings us closer to departure day. With each day that passes the butterflies turn to elephants in my stomach as I realise I have much to do and I feel I won’t get them done before we leave the UK for the last holiday of the year. The heating is coming on in the morning showing us that Autumn has well and truly arrived. Strangely this holiday is less organised than normal. Yes I have been for some feet pampering, I have had my hair cut in readiness to go on holiday but I feel that much has been neglected . I swear we were more organised the first year we went away in Suzy than we are today. 14 days and work , 13 days the Duvalays are washed, ... read more

With the "things to do before I leave" list now less than 2 pages long, I thought that I should have time to sort out a blog for the trip, so that the few people who've got a passing interest in where the old boys have got to can find out without phoning us! Ah, Travelblog seems to do the job, and so here we are! Basics are now set up, and all I need to do is work out how I sort out a map. With the map now done, let's just hope that all of my readers will actually be able to see it!!... read more

This morning we set out on an epic journey which led us from the depths of Rusthall to 77 Mount Ephraim where we will be enjoying one last day at work. Looking forward to what will most likely be an even more dangerous journey back to Rusthall after a few drinks this evening. Come Saturday there's one more nights sleep then we're off to Heathrow to embark on our adventure. Speak to you soon, Ross... read more

Testing 1 2 3 Just thought I should have a play around with this site to see if I can actually use it. I've added a couple of photos from our trip to Thailand last year Well there's less than 4 months until we finally set off! Most of 2008 so far has consisted of pouring over books, maps and websites and generally obsessing over every inch of the trip. Vickie's yet to pick up a book but maybe that's the best way. It'll be a relief when we're on the plane and we're actually doing it rather than talking about it and boring everyone around us. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away ... read more

How on earth do you fit 12 weeks of stuff into a measly rucksack?!.... I'm sitting surrounded by clothes, flip flops, guide books, phrase books, sun cream and bug spray, looking that this little 70lt backpack thinking there is noway in hell thats all going to fit in there. I gave it my best shot and gave up, I might just hire a donkey or something to help me carry stuff around.... There's two days to go, so I should be at panic level for everything that I haven't done, yet it actually appears that, I am reasonably ready, which probably means that at 2am on monday I'll sudenly realise that I haven't actually got a passport or something rediculusly unachievable in the hour I'd have before going to Stansted. Cat's flying down later on this ... read more