We have just spent the weekend at Dave's Estancia enjoying the cooler air, the gentle chirruping of small birds outside our window and the gentle hum of hungry mosquitoes. But mostly enjoying the peace and quiet of just lying by the pool reading a book or three. Obviously we couldn't spend all our time sunbathing, horse riding or eating cake, try as I might we had to do some filming as well. According to El Director my handling of the boom mic is a cause for con...

Hola Amigos! Here we are, finally back in Argentina nearly 2 years since we left at the end of our last big trip.What has changed? Well Starbucks has finally arrived in Argentina, a decade after it took over the rest of the world and I have to admit I am rather looking forward to a grande skinny mocha (hold the cream) with chocolate sprinkles on the top. All I have to do now is learn how to order all that in Spanish. Apart from that important event we seem to h...

Oh dear, the difficult 'second blog'. Well, it was the winter of the Big Freeze - not that we knew that at the time.We left England at the time of a medium size chillette with two heavy downfalls of snow in a month, but the forecast was for another big snowfall that would close the roads and airports and we were anxious to get away before the weather got worse and trapped us in Hove with a wheezing boiler and 2 hot water bottles.And we almost didn't make it…...

Oh dear, the difficult 'second blog'. Well, it was the winter of the Big Freeze - not that we knew that at the time.We left England at the time of a medium size chillette with two heavy downfalls of snow in a month, but the forecast was for another big snowfall that would close the roads and airports and we were anxious to get away before the weather got worse and trapped us in Hove with a wheezing boiler and 2 hot water bottles.And we almost didn't make it…...

Finally, after months of planning, travelling, excitement and adventures the trip is finally over. The cheering crowds waving their gaily coloured banners and thronging the crash barriers at Heathrow were kept at bay long enough for us to slip back into the country and tackle the mountain of exciting Readers Digest offers awaiting us. It appears we have just missed out on the deadline for winning a complete set of illustrated books on the bird life of western Sco...