Barnsley, UK
One month before sail away.
In January when a crisp new calendar was hung on the kitchen wall I wrote a list of preparations to be completed before end of November.
It read as follows:
Purchase Visas
Arrange coach to Southampton
Book Tours
Start packing ... Easy.
What I failed to realise at the time was the enormity and challenge involved in executing this, an essential prequel to a round the world cruise.
Never the less, as from today the only thing l...