Preparations are well under way. Have been selling stuff on ebay, recycling, freecycling and binning stuff. The money is useful and it gives some space for Gerardo's things. Amazing how it all accumulates.
Have had a couple of emails from Heather (Mum's friend) in Queensland, Australia. She has kindly agreed to put us up for a few days in Cannonvale which is very near Airlie Beach which is the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. Have also managed to find a dive boat to take us out for 3 days on the Great Barrier Reef. Flights from Brisbane to Prosperine (the local airport) and pretty reasonable too - only AUS $109 (around £70). Starting to get excited about this part of the trip as well.
Have found a website called Undercurrent which gives reviews of dive operators all around the world so will be checking various ones in different countries.
Spoke to Dee in Napier, NZ last weekend. Apparently it is around 30 degrees there at the moment. Looking forward to seeing her in mid Feb.
Purdey (the cat) will be moving to my parents on 21 Jan and Gerardo will be moving in on 22 Jan.
I just hope all the snow has gone before we leave. More snow today (2-3 inches) and Gatwick airport runway closed and flights delayed/diverted. We go from Heathrow T3 so fingers crossed for 25 Jan. Chris's brother Zac and family managed to get home to California last sunday from there. We're flying with Virgin on VS19 which leaves Heathrow at 11am if all goes well.
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