So, the first real leg of our trip and already disaster has struck! As you all know, we were always looking forward to learning to fly in Florida. We had ourselves booked on a 21 day intensive course which we had added a week to in order to make sure we had enough time. When we arrived at the flying school we were shown around by the head of training. After looking around he mentioned that a recent change in US aviation recruting had had a major effect on the sch...

And so begins our first adventure. By law, in order to obtain permission to learn to fly in the US it is required that you attend an interview at your 'local' US embassy, for this privilege you must pay $100. However, before you are able to schedule this interview you must fill in an online application form and send it off for authorisation, for this service you are required to pay a further $150. What's more, you must wait until you have received this authorisa...

So the time has come for us to contemplate our departure from the rapidly disintegrating British shores. I fully expect that on our return, British citizens will be asked to wait outside, in the rain, whilst several million Muslim immigrants are handed sparkly welcome packs, all paid for by you. On a slightly more positive note, we can now see the light at the end of the torturous, snake and giant bolder filled tunnel that is the US visa process. Quite why the U...