So long and thanks for all the fish

Well we left Hull last Sunday. Finally! It's been a long time in coming, particularly for me. We packed up and relocated to the Dales for a couple of weeks, before we fly out to Thailand to start our adventure proper.

I'm staying pretty calm considering that I've never done anything like this before. Sam, well she's an old hand at it all, having travelled before. I think it will all kick in for me when I get on that plane, and it is all the more real. And then landing in Thailand, well I'll probably be a basket case by then, or really drunk on the duty free booze. Sam will have to carry me off.

Anyway, not long to go now. I've waited this long, I'm sure I can wait another week.