Grandpa Have just read your blog from America through Fiji to New Zealand. It makes my exploration of a trip down the High St to the Co-op small beer! Thank you for all your postcards. I'm keeping them in case youi might like to have them with all your other adventure material. Love and blessings Grandpa

Andrew & Lesley Hi. Thanks for calling at christmas. You should be in SF by now, which makes us pretty jealous. Well except you are missing some serious snow, whcih we are sure is going to bother you - not. Happy New Year Andrew Lesley, EAC&F

Ina, Trish, Jill Hi Tart, how's it going? Got your postcards, ta muchly. The girls are going to do some spazzy dancing on Friday night in your honour at the Works Do. Hope Santa fills your stockings at Christmas - we know how you like old men lol. (That was from Trish). Keep safe hon, have a fantastic time. We talk about you often (nothing new there then lol). Ina, Trish & Jill xxxxxxx

Alison & Kenny Hi Kate Your mum sent me your details. Fantastic to see and read about all your adventures. Will show the girls too. Alison, Kenny, Holly, Daniella, Keir & Calum

mum Photos are great. Not sure dad will let you off with eating GP!!!

Ina & Sam Hiya Kate, good to see you're having such a brill time. Me and Sam are following this, wishing we were anywhere but here!!! lol. What did that poor cactus do to you to make you vomit over it? Glad we didnt have that effect on you! You're not missing much here - same old s***, different day. It's nice to see you can write as much as you normally speak hehe. Miss ya gal xxxxxxxx

Norma and Ewan Hi Kate Great to see you are having a ball----bet you wish you were home in Craigrothie now windy , raining and very cold !! "OLDS" just cant get used to you leaving Kate, as they have now vanished on a trip of their own--------------Get them to send you money soon cos' they'll have spent the lot!!!!!!!! Have a super trip Kate ----will follow your exploits on line so keep up the info . take care Norma and Ewan

Jen HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE! glad you're still having a swell time! xxx

mum Happy birthday!! Mum and Dad

dadk Hi again we have just seen your foties and are very envious, especially of the horse riding? I am going to order a Boris 2 as well ..had a patient today who lived in a Dundee flat and her pooch was not the almost inevitable Staffie but a 16 month old Landseer Newfoundland ...she was surprised I knew what it was !!! It must be a very cramped flat ..Weather been lovely here lately ..it doesn't just look like Scotland ...it is bloody Scotland! Betty Mann ..now Granny Mann...collapsed on her way home last night and is in Ninewells ..we don't know what it is but we are all taken aback ..cross your fingers for her ...not much else happening that we did not cover on the FANTASTIC WONDERFUL SKYPE ...ALL our love Dad and Mum and Eilidh and Kate in absentia ..oops YOU are Kate xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

dad Hi got your pc today at last from Rio ...it was probably held up this end by the striking posties ...mum away to see grandpa a few minutes ago ..just eilidh and me alone again ...boo hoo ...trust all is well and theat you have not succunbed to chocolate poisoning ...love dad

dadk Sunday morning ...public holiday tomorrow...yippee! Just read your blog and looked at the foties ..they bring it all to life ..it would have taken me 3 days to type all you have written .. Pleased to see you have flooding too ...looks like Cupar a few months ago! Don't moan about the weather...getting colder here! Love Dad and Mum and Eilidh ..

Jen hello kate! your trip sounds ace so far, i'm glad i'll be able to keep up with your adventures again. hope you found a decent bag in the end, ha. big love! xxx

Gab Hi Kate! It's great to be able to read your blog. Really enjoyed it. Will tell anna and edith that you've seen monkeys. They will be most impressed. Looking forward to the next one! Gabxx