I finished work today, so that’s it – no more working for a year. Or at least, no more sitting at a desk in an office. However, I do have my first deadline for my TES column to meet – it’s got to be submitted by 11th August. That shouldn’t be a pressing deadline, compared to normal deadlines, but it gives us a short time to get used to travelling before I have to submit our first experiences and impressions.

Everybody at work said very nice things, and all said that they expected to see me back next year…but what happens if we really love somewhere along the way and decide to stay? Only time will tell…

Also, we received an email from a programme editor working for Channel 4 – they are preparing a series about people taking adventurous trips and wondered whether we’d be interested in doing a video diary, and then being joined by a crew for a few days. However, we don’t really want to turn the trip into something where we have to work all the time, but want to first prioritise the travelling and the experience for the girls.

So we said “No” – but maybe we’ll wonder whether that’s the right thing or not in the future…