The Grand Depart

Finally on our way, well sort of we have been bit of a static caravan for a while (Birmingham traffic on a friday afternoon). We now have a plan for reaching europe, two nights in warwick followed by three nights in Brighton hoping for sun, then we board the ferry for dieppe we will have 5 nights in paris.
Since collecting our lovely airstream we have been living in her firstly in the lakes for a weekend where despite our nerves and caution we got stuck trying to site her and gathered a small crowd and needed a tractor. I think we are getting better. After our trial weekend we moved to beautiful Cheshire and were able to find a small farmers field type of site which has been glorious, but not so great for pauls hayfever though. Trying to find a place to live, school for Sebastian and plan our trip has been pretty tough, especially when having to refer to handbook quite often to work our new technologies.
Then into the mix came news that our recent move from africa to UK was not enough for Barclays and they wanted Paul based in London. After huge consideration Paul will be taking redundancy as we do not want to uproot again so soon after a major move.
So it looks like 6 weeks together is just a taster. We have spent the day in Stratford upon Avon, it was lovely Sebastian got a bit concerned when I crashed the row boat and went through the wrong tunnel, and Casper was so quiet on the boat ride because he was afraid of the crocodiles Seb told him were in the river. Note to self; threat of dangerous animals can keep Casper quiet for a few minutes.