Friday 21st November 2008

Well we are ready to go! It's hard to believe that after the events of the last week or so that we are leaving as planned. For those who don't know, our landlord was declared bankrupt and we were advised last week that the mortgage lender would seek to repossess the flat - meaning we'd have to go somewhat earlier than we intended! What to do - delay the trip and try to sort something out or go and risk having no flat to come back to. Into the breach steps Stuart - thank you - who has bravely committed to move our stuff out if necessary so we don't have to come back early (do you realise just how much we have???). Thanks also to David and Nicola who will be flat and RAV4 minding whilst we are away.We have had a frantic few days, making the final arrangements for the trip and packing, not just for that but for the flat move, when it happens. So here we are battered but unbowed and ready for our great adventure.We had a lovely few final days, Kate's mum and dad visited for three days and we had an early Christmas dinner. A small lake of sauvignon blanc was duly quaffed. Bradley and Damion were two on Tuesday and we had a fantastic day with them, Kate and mum playing pass-the-parcel for all we were worth during the day and a grown-ups party for everyone else in the evening. Two lovely parties and two very lucky little boys. This time tomorrow we will be in Bangkok and hopefully a little warmer! Watch out for the first of our exciting adventures.