Our travelling year starting September 2017

This is the year we moved our travel blog onto a new format using WordPress. As the title suggested, it was a year of getting used to the new format, and starting on the huge task of recreating previous years blogs. Our travels took us to Goa for the winter followed by a brief return to England to continue the house hunting. Travelling continued with a visit to America for Mardi Gras in New Orleans and a tour of Florida.

• Christmas Comes Early November 10, 2018 - Chapter 11 started in October with saying goodbye to family.  We began with Leanne and Neil followed by Paul, Miranda and grandson.  We said we would bring dinner to cook at their homes and surprised them with a full Christmas … Continue reading →
• Party People December 16, 2018 - Famous People boat party to celebrate Cheryl's birthday Continue reading →
• Festive Fun January 6, 2019 - Our first visitors of this trip arrived from London.  We met David & Hannah a few years ago on our travels in China.  They had decided to take a trip to India and dropped in for a couple of days … Continue reading →
• Gone Goa February 1, 2019 - New Year in Benaulim followed much the same pattern as in previous years, a meal in town followed by a party on the beach at Rex’s shack dancing to music from DJ Paul brought in specially from Hull.  Well, not … Continue reading →
• Rajasthan Road Trip February 9, 2019 - Leaving Goa behind we set off for a short tour of Rajasthan with John, Suz, Tony and Brenda.  We flew in to Udaipur for the first 3 nights taking in the sights of the City of lakes.  Our time was … Continue reading →
• Flying high in Jodhpur February 11, 2019 - Let’s dangle from wires over a sheer drop onto rocks below! What a ——- (insert word of your choice) idea. This was the ‘fun’ activity we had planned to end our short stay in Jodhpur, the Blue City. We had … Continue reading →
• One hump or two? February 24, 2019 - On the road again to Jaisalmer via Pokran Fort which only required a 30 minute walk around to stretch our legs.  On arrival in Jaisalmer Santosh dropped us a little way from the entrance which gave us a short uphill … Continue reading →
• Back in Brrrrrrrrritain February 25, 2019 - We returned to Heaven and Hell in Delhi for lunch the day that we flew home to London.  We had some more fun with ‘Manuel’ over a late lunch.  A delicious veggie tandoori platter and a final cheese garlic nan … Continue reading →
• Mardi Gras in New Orleans March 6, 2019 - The journey from London to New Orleans with British Airways restored our faith in the brand.  The check in was smooth, the food and drinks in the lounge excellent and the flight beverages, top nosh and staff were perfect.  Immigration … Continue reading →
• Surfing and Sploshing in The Everglades March 13, 2019 - Our tour of Florida began in Naples with Couchsurfing. It’s a great way to meet people, learn about real life and get some great tips on sightseeing. You get to stay with a local, and usually in your own room … Continue reading →
• Key Lime Pie……mmmm March 13, 2019 - The Florida Keys are a string of tropical islands stretching more than a hundred miles off the southern tip of Florida. The southernmost city of Key West is its quirky heart and it has attracted a long line of pirates, … Continue reading →
• One Small Step March 17, 2019 - Do you remember the excitement of the 1960’s and 70’s when space travel moved from films and TV to reality?  Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space and then the race between USA and Russia literally took off.  There … Continue reading →
• Life is like a box of chocolates… March 19, 2019 - ………because you really don’t know what’s coming next! Having changed our plans to get us back to the space centre in time to watch the rocket launch we cut down our stay in Savannah to 2 nights, reduced our couch … Continue reading →
• Park Life – part 1 March 30, 2019 - Orlando is the theme park centre of the world and possibly the Universe.  We hit lucky with our hotel and our basic cheapie room was upgraded to one of the best rooms at the top of the tower. We have … Continue reading →
• Park Life – Part 2 April 10, 2019 - The weather improved so it was time to hit the water parks, Aquatica near Sea World and Volcano Bay, which opened in 2017, and although we could see it directly opposite the back of our hotel, it was across a … Continue reading →
• Judgement Day April 21, 2019 - Love it or loathe it?  Either way it’s been a long time since we last visited.  We always felt that America was one of those destinations which could be easily travelled if we developed any issues with mobility and compared … Continue reading →
• Hygge June 24, 2019 - First task on our return from Florida was to move back into Neil’s house.  It was our home for nearly 6 years before we took the 6 month break which resulted in our travelling lifestyle.  It was strange to be … Continue reading →
• Wet Wet Wet June 28, 2019 - After our week in Scandinavia we arrived back in the UK to have 2 weeks on the narrow boat with Gail.  Starting from Gayton Marina in Northamptonshire we headed along the Grand Union and Oxford Canals towards Oxford.  We chose … Continue reading →
• BBQ Nights August 1, 2019 - No posts for a while as we’ve just been enjoying the better weather since the boat trip and lots of walking.  We’re around Bristol so we’ve also had some house things to do. We took a couple of weeks out … Continue reading →
• Moving on October 12, 2019 - Since the last posting we’ve been treading water to some extent.  Moving house for many people can be quite stressful as you don’t realise how much ‘stuff’ you’ve collected until you start to pack things.  As we haven’t had a … Continue reading →