We would like to apologise to everyone and say sorry it has taken such a long time to finish our blog.
We have decided to keep it ongoing as we are planning our next trip.
Since we have been back we have both returned to work and been extremely busy.
Our jet lag took us at least two weeks to recover from, and during that time Paul had his 30th birthday party.
We have managed to book up all our weekends with weddings, christenings and meeting old friends and then we moved house.
Unpacking all our stuff from my parents loft that had been in storage for nearly two and a half years was very strange and hard work. It took us two days to move all the stuff, then we had to decant our belongings from Brian the van.
Brian is now residing in Skegness by the sea, at Paul's Mum's house, and we are getting stuck into the summer.We haven't even printed out any photographs out or thanked everyone for their help and advice.
So in no particular order, and without much over-dramatic crying, we would like to thank everybody for making our trip so special.
We have tried to give a special mention to all:
We have decided to keep it ongoing as we are planning our next trip.
Since we have been back we have both returned to work and been extremely busy.
Our jet lag took us at least two weeks to recover from, and during that time Paul had his 30th birthday party.
We have managed to book up all our weekends with weddings, christenings and meeting old friends and then we moved house.
Unpacking all our stuff from my parents loft that had been in storage for nearly two and a half years was very strange and hard work. It took us two days to move all the stuff, then we had to decant our belongings from Brian the van.
Brian is now residing in Skegness by the sea, at Paul's Mum's house, and we are getting stuck into the summer.We haven't even printed out any photographs out or thanked everyone for their help and advice.
So in no particular order, and without much over-dramatic crying, we would like to thank everybody for making our trip so special.
We have tried to give a special mention to all:
Phil and Kate - for all the work that Phil did on the van enabling us to spend 5 months travelling in it, allowing us to store the van in Spain over winter, and driving it back a two weeks ago.
Ann and Stan - for putting us up in the UK, helping us to save to go away.
For meeting up with us in France and letting us stay at the apartment and treating us to a bit of luxury on the road!
For cushioning the fall when we got back, driving the van to Spain initially and helping us move out!
Thank you to Jacqueline for letting us stay at the apartment.
For meeting up with us in France and letting us stay at the apartment and treating us to a bit of luxury on the road!
For cushioning the fall when we got back, driving the van to Spain initially and helping us move out!
Thank you to Jacqueline for letting us stay at the apartment.
Marion and Godfrey - for letting us spend time in their house in the south of France, and Marion for driving us to Antibes.
Dominque, Annique, Lucas, Lorent, Laura - For inviting us to stay and showing us around Pibrac and Toulouse, and giving us the opportunity to practice our French on your kids, sorry!
Glen and Kirsty for encouraging us to climb mountains and making our first weeks in Melbourne so much fun.
Laurel and Dale for inviting us to stay with them at Christmas. Taking us to meet all their family, driving us to the Blue Mountains, driving us around Sydney on several occasions, taking us to watch the Sydney to Hobart boat race and making us extremely welcome away from home.
Peita and Kel - for inviting us into your home on Boxing Day and treating us to an experience we will never forget in the lighthouse
Chris and Kristie - for having us for Christmas dinner and making us feel at home.
Tamsin and John - for putting us at ease and making us laugh on Christmas day, plus the pavlova that I could eat several times over!
Ray and Pam - for inviting us to stay for a New Year's Eve party, letting us stay in the house, and then their camper van, taking us to see avocado fields and mango trees,and making us think outside the realms of possibility for the future.
Jen - for your very good advice regarding mosquitoes!
Andrew and Jessy - for telling us about Perth and Western Australia - we shall return and visit.
Louise and little one - for a very good night of pool and housebuilding tips. Sorry we didn't get a chance to meet again as planned - we will return.
The 60s party posse - for a very fun night - can't remember the names of any of the games that we played but it was hilarious and the punch was excellent!
Elgin and Bjorn, Sparrow and Matchi- for making the Whitsunday's trip so special. My memories will never fade from that week.
Joules - for booking all our tours and squeezing in as much as we could possibly manage whilst we were in Cairns.
I apologise if we missed you out - as you can see we are very thankful to everybody that made our trip so fantastic.
