good to hear your news of Rio and that you have made it to the truck...you will need to slow down the rate of your currency exchange...but this should be much easier with no towns and loads of great scenery to take in. we have just been to cardiff for toms birthday.. jude has changed a lot.. he is larger and smiles a lot...Poppy enjoyed seeing him and took loads of great pics. we bbq steak a, trout and salmon in the sunshine to celebrate his birthday.. ma n pa even slept in a tent again!.. tommorrow we are off to the boat at southampton... weather looks ok ... so will be looking at your blogg etc again from friday the 6th Aug and will tell tales of daring and adventures on the english channel ..by the way what is Ashleys blogg called.. dad

josh .well we are pleased to see an entry in the blogg again it helps us to know your doing fine and enjoying the trip... weve done the room... hope you like chintz curtains and a lovely laura ashley wallpaper in a rose print...oh how many pens and bank statements you have.!!.and pairs of shoes.. have made a big shoe collage on one wall by sticking them on with the glue gun....freddie has just done 4 nights so we had to work really quietly...ben and rachel come to dinner tommorrow to tell us tales of slow hills, gear changes that take several attempts and putting the roof down in the wind.. apperently all gone well and returned to hereford intact. so we plan to attack his room next.. all our love ma n pa

josh.. missing you lots, but still fairly tired picking up the pieces after the wedding.. have read the blogg seems like your keeping to a healthy lifestyle! Ben n rachel have the camper now .. enjoying it lots and tonight staying at a good camp in the black mountains. poppy at intense campo at kingsdown this weekend.. very hot today 30 degrees but some sea mist in mid channel so we took out a kayak at 7 this morning... wouldyou like us to tidy your bedroom.. ?

Hi Steve your Kearsney Campsite adventure sounds exotic, did you start taking your malaria tablets two days before you went?

Rob I am surprised at your tea dilemas, I thought you were moving onto posh coffee once I left?

Things are pretty tough back here - Steve's become a bit tea shy since you left. I've tried bribing him with chocolate bars but his yet to crack.

Any advice would be much appreciated, as even Darth Kanada's mind trick don't seem to be working.

Noted on your blog that you've managed to stalk two young ladies already - I know at least one of your senior face book admirers will be sad at this news.

Look forward to your next installment - by the way where are the Tea bags?

You don't know what you're missing back here - endless blue skies, endless tea (OK, maybe only one of those is true).

Still playing badders - although I did almost smash Jon's racket in half yesterday with one of those 50/50 shots down the middle!

Sounds like you're going to have a lot of fun.

Anyway, I've got my own mini adventure happening at the weekend - we have the school camping trip at Kearsney Campsite. I know it's only 500 yards from my house but hey ho.

Steve