Three Years Have Passed Already....

As they say 'time flies when you are having fun', so much so that I just noticed that we have been away from Oz for over three years!  Not bad considering we were only going away for about 18 months and weren't at all interested about going to Europe! 

I thought I would do a blog about the best bits, which is incredibly difficult as it all been rather fantastic.

I will start off with the highlights of owning the mighty NB Caxton.

This is actually quite easy as to us the highlight was London, London and London and cruising down the tidal Thames.

Some London pics ...

Sammie and I meet Kate who looked incredibly trim seeing as she was about to give birth! 

The London Pubs ...

A month in London with temps like this!

Elaine's sister, nieces and great nieces paying us a visit in Paddo basin ...

Adam and Adrian from NB Briar Rose also paid us a visit whilst in Paddo.  In fact we were having a drink with the guys when we heard the huge cheer from outside the adjoining hospital.....Kate had given birth!

Say no more....total highlight of owning Caxton........ 

Going down the tidal Thames, pic courtesy of Adam (NB Briar Rose) ...

Just brilliant ...

Next we have the Autotrail Motorhome, once again thousands of pics so just a few highlights....

Music festival in St Remy De Provence ...

Moored up on St Tropez Beach ...

Seville, having a beer and sangria and watching the world go by ...

Moored up on a beach in Portugal and swimming in the warm water ...

Next it was off to Spain for a few months in the Citroen C3 and staying in Mojacar Spain. 

The drive there and back was exciting ...

Mojacar was just superb, deserted beaches, lovely people and fantastic bars and restaurants ...

Trying to get a tanned arse!

What a place, this was our morning view from the apartment ...

Other highlights from the past three years....

Meeting Phil and Kirstie ...

Watching my favourite niece do so well in showjumping ...

Skiing in Klosters ...

Watching the mighty Man Utd, thanks to the generosity of Ray and Diane from NB Ferndale ...

Finally .......Trainspotting!!!

Obviously there were so many more highlights and lovely people we have met on out travels but I have taken over 5000 pics, so I just had a quick skim through. 

Of course, there were some bad bits but these are so outweighed by the good bits.  There are a couple that stick out...

Elaine being ill is one and the other is losing our two dear pussy cats, Geoffrey and William being the other.

The boys in France ....

  

I haven't mentioned living in the cottage in Bollington because to be quite honest it's just not as exciting as travelling.  Probably the best bit is having a pub across the road!  I have always wanted to live near a pub, so its been ticked off the bucket list! 

So hopefully we can have  another three years or more of getting out and about travelling in this wonderful part of the world.