Well what a first day! Sad farewells at kings cross, followed by the Eurostar to Brussels where we found out that our connecting train to Amsterdam would not allow us to take our bikes on unless we had the front wheels taken off and bikes put in a bike cover! So while I stood balancing two bikes, Sally made a mad dash into town to find a bike shop that would sell covers. No joy, and so we claimed a half refund on our train and had a beer to decide our next step....

Wow! This is actually happening! After a very short last night's sleep in London, we made it to St Pancras this morning with one broken pannier, but fortunately no meltdown from either party - a good start in my books! It's been a very emotional week, with many teary goodbyes amongst all the last London experiences, hurried holiday planning and slightly-more-emotional-than-we-probably-should-be responses to all the Olympic achievements! We're just sorry we haven...

So this is it! Sally and I getting ready for our big trip its our last night in London and we're just finishing off organising this blog which we hope will keep you informed along the way! We will try to keep it entertaining..... it shouldn't be hard we are very funny!!!!!