Yep, we are almost there. Tomorrow we fly, today we pack. We have gone through a number of test packs, which has proved both useful and scary - I mean, how do you pack for a year away?
Well we are trying to be sensible and pretend we are going away for a week and packing for just that amount of time. It's more difficult than it sounds and only time will tell whether we have been successful or not. We each have one rucksack and one hand luggage - it's a good job I lost weight, as at least my underpants are a size smaller now!!
So what have we done since I last wrote - apart from packing bags, we had a nice week in Cornwall with Joe and Laura, have survived Christmas and celebrated New Year with my Carol, Mel and Jen. Mel put on a lovely spread and I don't think we did it justice - and I went back for seconds and thirds :)
Our week in Cornwall was cut short by a day due to the weather. We had kept an eye on the forecasts and decided to travel back a day early and this proved to be a good call. This journey was still a nightmare and took 7 hours rather than 4, but the snow that caused the bad journey lasted all through Christmas so had we not left that day I don't know when we would have got back. Joe and Laura would have been stuck with us longer and have to make their Christmas duck stretch to 4.
Despite the bad weather though I do like driving in the snow - we had (note the past tense, we no longer have a car!) a nippy little Peuguot that skid quite nicely on the snow and ice. Always made the drive exciting :) I never actually lost full control, but sometimes the back end would flick out and there I was imagining I was a rally driver. I wonder how this will transfer to 4x4 driving in Africa?
Must dash - things to do. Wish us luck on our journey.
