We have now started our journey on the big orange bus, there are 22 of us with a further couple to pick up along the way, we traveled 350k to get to our first bushcamp in a farmers field in Belgium, they really do just rock up and ask for permission to camp from a friendly farmer. We are now off to Germany after an early start, which was a shock after the last couple of months of waking up at our leisure!

5 days to go! We are ready and raring to go.see attached picture, no jack hasn't been swallowed up by it that really is her underneath!

Only FOUR weeks to go. I have added a picture of our intended route to Australia. We have now got our visas for India and Pakistan, this was a relatively easy process, the rest we will get on the way. We have had all our jabs, Jack had more than me as I couldn't take the pain! (not really I had them from a previous trip), and our bags will rattle with malaria pills! We are now just working on what we want to see on the trip and visiting a few friends and fam...

Well we have finished sorting out our kit, bar a few small items, so all we need to do is concentrate on getting the house sorted out, so the kids(21&24!!) are able to look after it and Carry on with their lives, both will be house hunting and busy with the Olympics. Jackie has stopped work as of last week; we have just collected the passport photos there are 30 each including ones of Jack covered up for Iran, she looks different, to say the least. We recei...

We have got nearly all of our stuff together and tested it out, but I am sure we will continue to tinker with it, so that we do not take to much. The admin stuff now has to be completed this will be done after the Christmas Holidays, once Jackie gives up work. I contacted the trip organisers as I was concerned about the events in Iran, and any problems we may have with obtaining a Visa for that country, they seem to think that there will not be a problem, we wi...