15 Days to go

Today I’m feeling rather upbeat about the whole adventure, we still need to sell our unused baby nursery but I could have buyers on both cars. Two weeks living in London will not be cheap especially as I have a few days out planned. Since we got married we haven’t really had the opportunity to go to the UK many times and when we did it was only for a long weekend. There are so many places to see and many things to do, it is impossible to do everything in such a short time. So I plan to put that right, 15 days until launch and 6 more days of work. I’m feeling very despondent at work and at home I’m not really having the time to relax, next week I have the week off on holiday, a kind of holiday before the holiday type relaxing time. My son is getting bigger by the day and I need more bonding time. It’s also my wife’s birthday and she needs to feel special, I miss her a lot too. Another thing I will put right. Things are coming together at last.

16 days to go

Normally when you move you pack up lock stock and barrel and only have to deal with breakages and a bad service from an estate agent. But for the last few weeks we have been separating everything we have accumulated over the last four years. Our allowance of 33 kilos each means that I only have one change of clothes because of the handbags and shoes that my wife has prioritized. Apparently looking good is ok even if your husband smells more than normal. So here we are living at home which is very nearly empty apart from a few suitcases and a headache about where the rest of the things are going. My beloved record collection is the only thing apart from clothes which we have shipped off to Canada ahead of us and the rest is either sold or squashed in a case ready for the Sherpa (me) to lug them around the globe.

17 Days to go

Ok so the story starts not at the beginning but a bit before so you can get a feel for where I am now. In 17 days I leave the comfort of my job, nice 3 bed apartment in sunny Spain with my wife and newborn son to travel with them over 14,000 miles stopping in at least 6 countries lasting 8 months. Some time in late September my wife and I decided to up sticks and change our lives and not only that but we set a launch date for November 5th. We had talked about a move loosely and what we would like to do but circumstances in the family, at work and financial, pushed me into making a radical decision. Our journey will see us travel via the UK to South America and then hopefully finishing in Canada, where i'm sure the hard work starts again. Follow this thread and join us on our adventure.