Bags packed, house sorted...all pigs ready to fly

With such a short time left, and so much to fill our time between now and then, we're trying to squeeze in a lot. On Saturday we've got the local BBC TV station coming to film an interview with us, to be shown on BBC South Today on Monday - how depressing will that be - me seeing myself on TV, which will make me look fatter - and for other people, who've just had a 'Monday morning', realising that some people have escaped the rat race (temporarily).

We also had a reporter round from BBC Radio Oxford on Wednesday, and apparently they've edited that into a report that's going to be broadcast on Monday morning at 7:50. Time to set up the tape recorder. Charlotte is beginning to enjoy her role as 'roving reporter', even though she hasn't done any roving yet!

5 days to go

Gulp - there are now only 5 days to go before we finally leave the country for a year. This last week has been hectic - packing all of our possessions away into boxes, ready to move to the storage unit next Tuesday, and making all of our last minute arrangements. I think I'm going to run out of time to keep this up-to-date!