The Avengers
If you’ve seen the new Avengers movie you will be familiar with Black Widow. Well she seems to have come to live in the campsite power box where we were about to plug in Matilda…..she didn’t survive the Baygon (Raid…
A Year And A Day
Last night to celebrate (the following is becoming a habit) we slept in the car park outside a restaurant. This has happened before and those of you who read the blog will remember us doing this in Uganda on our wedding aniversary.…
The Big Year
I know you’ve not seen it, niether have I…..I’m sure Jack Black is very proud of it. Owen Wilson might not remember making it….So this is it. A year on the road (ignoring the holiday back to the UK) So…
The Package
So today our £12,000 carnet left South Africa for sunnier climates….I’m doing SA an injustice as the weather is now good,,,,, but too windy to go up Table Mountain. The cable car is closed and I cannot be bothered to…
The Producers
Today has been pretty productive. We’ve contacted to shipping agents and they have committed to get us some quotes. Knowing how unreliable they are we shall see if they fulfil their commitments. (now that would be a fitting title for the next…
Hard Rain
Morgan Freeman in Hard Rain not really his best film but considering the rubbish weather yesterday in Cape Town the title is fitting. The wind and rain putting a real dampener on my spirits quite literally. Very strong wind a lashing…
Planes Trains And Automobiles
We’re on the road again……another year in the making. See you in South America (via South Africa). Not sure who we are shipping with yet but any suggestions for places in South Africa would be great. We have to go round…
The Postman Always Rings Twice
This weekend we went to Derby drinking with ex-work colleagues. It was a late night with much beer being drunk. It was good to see some of the old team. Jade, our neice was there, as was Noel an even…
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Don’t you just love it when service is like it should be ?We both bank with Santander and today after visiting our branch to see the manager (how often can you say you see the manager?) we came away happy…
Lost In Space
The other day whilst trying to get maps for my Garmin satellite navigation box (actually, its just a hand held GPS) I updated the firmware using the Garmin online updater. It managed to kill it completely. I did everything to…
X Men
Contrary to popular belief we did not come back to the UK to watch X Factor although since my mother is an addict we have had to watch it….Can’t wait to be back in the Land Rover with no TV…..
Three Feet High And Rising
On Tuesday we went to see our niece Jessica at Newcastle uni. Shes only been there for two weeks so we just missed her when we came home. Thankfully we still get free rail travel so we went for a…
Over The Hedge
So today we went home for a looksee. Its still there which is pretty amazing considering. We spent the entire day cleaning up and cutting the overgrown hedge, mowing grass and starting our cars. The cars have be stationary for…
Schindlers List
As were at home we’d thought we’d make my life hell for the entire duration so the film title works on two levels….. Our ever growing list of things I need to do isn’t getting any shorter. One list item was…
Leaving Las Vegas
Quite out of character we seem to have eaten and drunk large quantities of food and alcohol since we got home on Holiday. Those that know us will be unfamiliar with this as we are normally so reserved…Last night having…
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