That was the year that was. 16 flights, covering over 52000 miles. 91 nights out of the country. 4 Continents.…

Well if yesterday saw a quiet house then this final morning felt even worse. By the time we were up…

Today started quietly. Whether that was because Neil had by now safely arrived at home, the fact that the holiday…

Another early start for a visit to Animal Kingdom to get in the early morning queue for the Flights of…

This was always scheduled to be the earliest start of the trip as we wanted to be in Magic Kingdom…

Another glorious day greeted us as we were all up for a 8.45am departure to visit the Animal Kingdom Lodge…

Today felt like a day off as we had no specific early plans. It was a leisurely start outside by…

Yet another early start saw us in the queue to get back into Hollywood Studios again by 8.30am. For the…

Today was our first really early start of the trip in order to be back at Hollywood Studios for opening…

Just before leaving I discovered that the toilet in our room was blocked good and proper. Not good to deal…

Finally today we woke to clear blue skies. We quickly changed our minds to take Neil to the Premium Outlets…

Yet another cloudy start which was again disappointing. Barry & Ellie were up very early as they were off to…

Disappointingly we woke again to another cloudy day. It was still lovely and warm but I was just annoyed for…

This morning sadly we woke to a cloudy sky which was a shame as it was our new arrivals first…

This morning we were both up very early. I was up as I was receiving messages from the boys about…

Our first wake up in this Villa started with Karen wanting it to be the other side of the Lake…

Today was our moving day. After all of our travels we are quite the experts at packing up but even…

This time in addition to another beautiful sunrise over the Lake, I also had the company of a large crane…

This blog started as a means for us to record our travels for ourselves to look back upon, keep any…

Today I awoke with thoughts of the match at Carrow Road I would be missing later today. There are not…

After being back in the UK a whole 10 days it was time to pack our bags and head off…

Another Hotel another breakfast, and more Scrambled egg. It was OK but a bit dry. No cinnamon free porridge though.…

Breakfast today was advertised as ‘Continental’ style which I correctly took to mean no hot food. In fact it actually…

This mornings breakfast was courtesy of the microwave in our almost finished room. Today I think the chef did well…

Breakfast today was fair to middling, although the scrambled eggs were hot and fresh. We were soon back in our…

After our not all positive first impressions we were ready to give Portland the benefit of the doubt this morning.…

Our first moving day. We were not in a rush, so in a leisurely manner we went down to breakfast.…

The alarm went off at 4am. We both jumped out of bed and quietly went about getting ready trying not…

The Return of the Blog. What really is blogging? Does it mean different things to different people? What does it…

I set the alarms on both Karen’s and my phone to make sure we were up at 4.15am as we…

What a difference 24 hours make. Today we woke up to blue skies and lovely warm sunshine. After another passable…

Todays forecast was for rain all day and we couldn’t decide if that would be a good thing or not…

Here we go again, another day where we needed to pack up and check out of our room early ready…

The weather was glorious as we all stepped out onto the street after a good night’s sleep in our new…

It was another early start today as our plan was to visit Mount Fuji & Lake Kawaguchiko. We also had…

Every holiday has it’s one day where not everything goes to plan. As I write this, I hope that today…

This morning after collecting Neil, we headed for what we called ‘The Fluffy Pancake shop’ for breakfast. I think the…

Today was Neil’s first full day in Japan and we knocked on his door just after 9am to get the…

Last year I celebrated my birthday 5 hours later than normal as I was in Florida. This year I celebrated…

Another sleepless night for me, this time of my own doing. I was really thirsty by the time we had…

Today we planned to be up early to get to Fuhimi Inari Taisha to beat the crowds, so typically with…

Not a good night. Despite being in bed around 10.30pm we were both still wide awake at 2pm and then…

Our first full day in Japan started late. I didn’t wake up until 8.30am and then woke up Karen at…

The time difference between the UK & Japan is 8 hours. Therefore despite our body clocks telling us it was…

The first task today was to pick up Sunny, our friendly Car Parking chap from his house. We have used…

It’s only been a short time since we arrived back from Dubrovnik and the time has flown by. This was…

Our last day was met with glorious weather yet again. We wandered lazily into breakfast and as we were in…

Another lazy day start to the day with breakfast on the sunny terrace had us taking advantage of the free…

Another day, another Kuna, another lovely breakfast on the terrace. Today we were in no particular hurry as the Games…

Our first full day in Dubrovnik greeted us with a beautiful sunny start. We made our way to breakfast which…

After the hold-ups getting to Liverpool we decided to set off early for our drive to Stansted. Albeit if the…

They say a week is a long time in politics, but a month at home during March seemed even longer…

The alarm went off at7am so that we could have breakfast and get ourselves sorted for our planned 9am check…

Our last full day had arrived and we were keen to make the most of it. We planned to walk…

This was starting to get boring as we woke up to glorious weather yet again. The plan today was to…

Yet another day where the temperature was predicted to exceed the day before. It was all becoming rather repetitive and…

The sun was already blazing down by the time we had breakfast. We were both quite tired after our exertions…

After the chill in the air yesterday we were delighted to awaken to clear blue skies and the return of…

Today in the words of Stuart was to be our Grand Day Out. The weather was beautiful again as we…

Our first morning and broken cloud greeted us. It was warm though and we had breakfast on the balcony overlooking…

Lanzarote or Lanzagrotty as I affectionately call it and is probably one of our more guilty pleasures. Karen really likes…

Time to go home, but to get there a really long day beckoned ahead. Neither of us were looking forward…

Man, it’s was a hot one – just 7 inches from the midday sun…… (bonus points for knowing the song)…

Another hot sunny morning greeted us as we went to breakfast. I persuaded Karen this morning that we should walk…

Today Karen was keen to get into breakfast nice and early so that we could go for walk along the…

Firstly a leg update as I have not done one of these for a while. I stopped taking the antibiotics…

Moving day again and with our pick up time set for 7am, the alarm went off at 5.45am and so…

Our final full day in Rio and we were off to see Big Jesus. This was a pre booked tour…

We woke to another glorious sunny day in Rio. One person who has always lived here told us that he…

After the down we felt from yesterday I was determined we would make today a good day. It didn’t get…

Today was moving day again and so we were up early to have breakfast and get checked out of our…

Our first breakfast at this Hotel proved to more of the same but at least the Scrambled Eggs looked the…

Another early start as we had arranged our taxi to take us to the airport for 7am. The guy at…

Today I decided to leave my wound open to the elements. It looked a bit messy to start with but…

Today my leg looked no worse. At home I would have definitely left the wound open but decided to dress…

“The Captain’s Log – Star Date 20190107 – The voyage to a new continent never visited”. Well the problem actually…

Another New Year and the start of a new 2019 blog. I wasn’t absolutely sure that I was going to…

And now the end is near…. The alarm went off at 7am and we were straight up and getting organised…