January 2008
Camper Trailer built, van resheeted and our leave approved. All systems are now go for our 3 year adventure. The final few months of 2007 did not improve greatly, with what seemed like a million last minute jobs to be attended to, but we did manage to finally get out of the house and 'On the Road' at last. Arranging a big trip like ours is a lot of work and takes a bucket load of organising. It's a bit like planning for a wedding. After the event you look back and wonder why it all took so long! For both Chris and myself our last day at school was mixed emotions of excitement and sadness. We were both spoilt with gifts and good wishes and are both very lucky to work with such great people, all of whom we will miss. Now this might sound a little odd but we still have the occasional 'Are we doing the right thing?' thoughts (a bit late now for that I guess). The fact that I had to give up my position at school was probably the hardest to swallow but these are the sacri...