Norfolk Firewater

Happy Birthday Andy!

The World Tour of Britain Begins

Is it North America? Is it Holland? No it is the North Norfolk coast path between Cromer and Hunstanton. A gentle start to the next stage of our world tour and breaking in the camper van. Although not far from our doorstep it is part of the Norfolk coast we had never visited and is quite impressive in early spring when there are not many people around and the huge beaches are empty.

Back to Earth

Home again!
Back safely in Ipswich and it is spring - it feels like we have missed winter.
The last leg of our flights was British Airways from New York to Heathrow and we were sad to say that Qantas put BA to shame for quality and service - no wonder they are losing money and their industrial relations are at a low ebb.
Now to plan the British leg of our world tour.

Family Reunited

We had a great day rounding off the World Tour visiting our niece Nat and her husband Zac at their home in Pawling. The town is just outside New York yet is a huge contrast as you move quickly from the busy urban city into beautiful and stunning countryside. The bright sunny day combined with the snow was icing on the cake. (Jack was also with us but was asleep at photo time!)

New York, New York

Shops, more shops and very tall buildings. And in Central Park the chess hut (top left picture) where father and son play chess in the opening of Independance Day.

Times Square, 5th Avenue, NYPD, Bloomingdales - they are all such a cliche but are just like you expect them to be.

It's a Long Way Home

Arriving in Los Angeles is a bit of a culture shock after two months of isolation from western civilisation. Add Hollywood to that and it is almost surreal. Seeing Zorro shopping in the Hollywood Fresh and Easy (just like Tesco) was an experience too far!

A Free Tsunami With Every Holiday

Fiji is probably as close to paradise and the furthest point from home as you can get. Paradise is nice for a few days but after that we had to throw in some off road 4 wheel driving and white water rafting in the mountains to break up the tedium! Other than that the biggest risk was a falling coconut.

The tsunami warnings (following the earthquake across the other side of the Pacific) did not cause much excitement amongst the locals and the waves when they did arrive were smaller than a normal days at Felixstowe (thankfully).

Someone celebrated a big birthday while we were there which got lost in translation as we were congratulated on our wedding!