Category: Other

  • Container Shipping – A Cautionary Tale

    Container Shipping – A Cautionary Tale

    The shipping industry – set up by Pirates, taken over by the Mafia and not changed much since! My advice to anyone considering shipping their vehicle is simple – find another way!! There are only four main shipping companies in the world – Maersk, MSC, CMA/CGM and COSCO. Everyone else involved are basically agents who…

  • Girl Interrupted – an Unexpected Interlude

    Girl Interrupted – an Unexpected Interlude

    I have just sat and read a few of my last blog posts and the sounds, smells and feelings of West Africa have coming flooding back to me after six weeks in the UK. It may have been challenging, frustrating and at times downright hard work, but I have missed everything about it with every…

  • And So It Begins

    I’m not sure how many husbands get on so well with their mother-in-law but we had a really lovely few days relaxing at Mum’s – the two of them bonded over wine, films and blueberry cheesecake! And how appropriate to spend our last day in the UK doing something so quintessentially English as going to…

  • End of an Era

    The time has finally come to say goodbye to our home of nearly 9 years. The longest I have ever lived anywhere since leaving my parents house at 18 and the only home James and I have shared together. The cottage also has a huge amount of ‘us’ in it given the work we –…

  • We’ve Exchanged!

    28th July 2021 – At last! We’ve exchanged on the sale of the cottage and can finally start moving forward with our plans. Our bottle of 1989 Colheita from Porto has been drunk in celebration and hangovers have been dealt with! Completion is set for 31st August so we can set sail any time after…

  • Start of the Adventure

    Watch this space! We are waiting to exchange on the sale of our cottage then we need four weeks to sell everything we own before we can head off on our travels. We can’t wait to swap elm and thatch for the open road….bear with us, we can guarantee we’re more impatient for our adventure…