Men In Black
OK so its not quite Men in Black but I couldn’t be bothered to think of something better.A trip to the state park in Wilmington and a trip to the shop where you pay for camping. The gate said they…
My Little Pony
Another warm night staying with Stuart in his home. We were introduced to Eric, Dina and Tyler by Steve from the previous post. They introduced us to Stewart and magically we had somewhere to stay. They all came over to…
Cabin In The Woods
A little detour to go to Doncaster. The Village/Town has no sign. We’re not sure its even called Doncaster however the map says it is. This is the only marker we found along with a street name.(thanks tot he assistant…
Artic Blast
Yes, it really is a film…..my mother has it on DVD. I avoided watching it.Its been a cold night after the hospitality of others for the days after we arrived back in the USA. The snow has been falling and…
Captain America
Sat having dinner in, guess where. Manager/owner gave us it half price. Thanks. This is the second time he’s looked after us.Matilda took some starting. At least 1minute of cranking and door locks all frozen up. It was too cold…
The Gift
A big THANKS to RAB who today have sent us a box of goodies. They’ve delivered us a couple of coats and a new sleeping back for me. I’ve had one of their sleeping bags for 24 years and I’m…
Around The World In 800 Days
Some of you may have noticed its 800 days since we quit normal life and went off round the world. It won’t be long until we are moving again and this time we hope without event. We’ve had a few…
Mass Extinction
Here we are still on “Holiday” in the UK for Christmas. Seen all the family and some of the friends. The friends we have not yet seen will be seen before we leave. We’ve got a suitcase with an exhaust…
Seasons Greetings Everyone
Happy Holidays to your all. Avoiding the Christian messages and wishing all our friends, no matter what their faith, a Happy Holiday. Its not like the non-chiristians don’t get the same holidays, you lucky people ! We’ve been on holiday for over two…
Over The Hedge1
The laptop is on good behaviour although when the engineer changed the motherboard he didn’t move over the CD card reader. So they are coming back on Friday. Muppet…Last few days we’ve been working hard. Trying to get the house…
Unspeakable
@#*$ &% and @#*$ &% and @#*$ &%…..I could swear….I just did…Just to top off all the stress and what my life is now were are back at home temporarily. To top it ALL off. My laptop has ALSO JUST…
Freaky Friday
I’m not freaking out yet….So coming home has been a fest of broken failing devices. Shower and cooker being noteworthy….On a more positive note the car passed its MOT so we are now mobile and don’t need to borrow Mums…
The Paperwork Explosion
You know that little piece of paper that you need for the car. You know, the Carnet de Passages En Douane. Well you don’t really need one but it makes it easier in some counties (and much harder in some).Yet…
Home Alone
The Defender is parked up with some generous Americans and were are in the UK for all of 7 weeks. We’ve missed the family and we are back for Xmas.A few updates on the gearbox. We’ve sold the damaged one…
Christmas Vacation
SQUIRREL! Its December the first and Christmas is starting in NYC. The residents in the apartment we are camping outside have been very interested in the car. Theres been speculation to what we are doing and why we are here.…