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As you would expect Millie was right again and it just goes to show that even though she is in heaven, she is still keeping an eye on us 👍👍 Well, where did we go? We flew from the U.K. … Continue reading →

psttt, watch this site, I think Mum & Dad are planning another trip, I don’t know why they can’t just sit back and relax – talk soon Millie xx

Well, we were right! As we accurately projected in the last blog, we have been out of touch for just over three weeks!!! Why! – Well, when we don’t have access to a secure WiFi, we turn on our iPhone … Continue reading →

Right, first things first, we got the Maori greeting spelling wrong in the last blog, so that’s been corrected in the title of this one which means ‘Hi, good day’ (Kia Ora), ‘Welcome’ (Nau Mai). So from now on, we … Continue reading →

Ok, as we said before, after visiting the Hobbiton site, we got back on the boat and set sail for Auckland, where we got off the ship and headed for our hotel, The Grand Mercure, just a very short walk … Continue reading →

Well, after wetting your appetite, we hope you are all looking forward to seeing some Hobbit’s in this version of the blog. In fact, we are offering a prize to the first responder who replies and is successful in seeing … Continue reading →

“Didn’t we ought to do some more of the blog”  “sure, shall we have a G&T first?”  “No, we will not be able to type anything that makes sense if we do 😂😂”  “We don’t write anything that makes sense … Continue reading →

Well, as we said in the last blog, we have now left the land of the Aussie’s and have set off to New Zealand, but what we forgot to say was how far we had travelled in this vast country. … Continue reading →

Walla walla jumma jumma moy moy tabba ”Mum, Dad, what on earth are you writing?”  “it’s Aboriginal”. “No it’s not, you have just wrote rubbish – grrr”. “Oh come on Millie, our readers don’t know, they don’t speak the Aboriginal … Continue reading →

Well, after the hectic last day on the Indian Pacific train, we had a good nights sleep in the Mercury Hotel, then picked up our car (1 day late) for the drive to Manly Beach, where we had booked an … Continue reading →

Ok, it’s time for the longest train ride we have ever undertaken. We set off today (12th Jan 2020) at 10:00 am from Perth East Railway Station on the Indian Pacific Train, that runs between Perth, on the Indian Ocean … Continue reading →

After a pleasant short 5 hours flight from Singapore to Perth we landed in a very sunny Australia. We picked up our hire car from the Thrifty desk and set off for the apartment we had rented on the Swan … Continue reading →

At last, we are off on our round the world trip. ”hang on Mum & Dad, you didn’t start by flying, you went by train” ”you hang on Millie, you are jumping in too quick, we know we went by … Continue reading →

Wow, Even though Millie is still in our hearts and minds, we never thought she would come back from ‘EVAN’, as she calls it, to continue to help with our blog. We just don’t know how she knew, but yes, … Continue reading →

Shhh, if you are reading this, please do it quietly as Mum and Dad don’t realise I can still write now I am in EVAN – ha ha! In fact, I’m not sure how I’m doing it yet either 😂😂 … Continue reading →

Ok, as we said in the last blog, we have decided to pop over to Rome for a few days and so we started looking around for the best mode of transport. Well, would you believe it! Just a few miles … Continue reading →

Well where do we start? “What about at the beginning, you nitwit” “Oh, ok” Just before we left Nebraska, we stopped on an RV park called ‘Cape Camping’, next to the State Capital of Lincoln, where we intended to stop … Continue reading →

Our first trip out into the Big Horn country took us to the Crow Reservation Agency, near a town called Hardin, in Montana. Whilst we didn’t visit the site of the Custer battle with the Native Americans, having visited it … Continue reading →

As we could now speak Blackfoot (sort of!), the first RV site we had chosen, now we were back in the USA, was on the Blackfoot Reservation and was called Chewing Blackbones (no, not Backbones, but Blackbones, yes, it isn’t … Continue reading →

Just a short Blog this time on one interesting topic; Next stop after Calgary, was the old west town of Fort Macleod and the Daisy May RV Park. From where we went to a very interesting place called Head-Smashed-In Buffalo … Continue reading →

After Jasper, we turned south, along the eastern side of the Rockies, down to Banff. Once again, along the way, we saw some stunning scenery. Banff, as you would expect from its reputation, is a nice place, but was packed … Continue reading →

Well we arrived safely at Clearwater after the horrendous mountainous trip and sadly, almost the first thing we heard, was that the road we had just travelled on had just been closed, due to someone hitting a Deer and going over the edge … Continue reading →

Well, were do we start? “At the beginning, would be a good place”, “oh, ok” We set off for Whistler, via a small town called Squamish, on a bright sunny day, with fantastic views all around us as the West side … Continue reading →

As Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash would say “On the road again” “Goin’ places that I’ve never been” “Seein’ things that I may never see again” “And I can’t wait to get on the road again” Well, that’s us, after … Continue reading →

Wow, what a week this has been, what with negotiating the twists and turns of the journey out of the Sierra Nevada Mountains out of Yosemite, including several 6 mile drops, with the engine breaking going full belt and the equally … Continue reading →

Wow, what a couple of weeks this has been. From the Mojave Desert to the wonders of Sequoia and Yosemite, from the Giant Redwoods to the Magnificent Waterfalls and the Mind Bogglingly Fantastic Landscapes. “Bogglingly!, what the heck does that … Continue reading →

“London Bridge is Falling Down” “Falling Down, Falling Down” “London Bridge is falling Down” “My Fair Lady” This is an old English Nursery Rhyme, dating back to the Middle Ages – “Ok, So What” “What has that got to do … Continue reading →

“Why have you called this one that?” “Well, look what happened to us” “Yes, but there was a lot of other stuff as well” “Shhhh, someone is reading the Blog, so we had better get on and write it” “Oh, … Continue reading →

‘Yiiihaaa’ We’ve made it out of Texas, ‘Yiiihaa’ Well, we shouldn’t be cheering really, because we have had a great time here in the Lone Star State, but it is BIG!! After 1000 miles in Texas, taking 9 days with 3 x … Continue reading →

Ok, we’ve seen the Alamo, but anyone who has looked at a map of Texas, will see that, all across the south of the State, there are loads of places called ‘Fort something’  –  Fort Bend, Fort McKavett, Fort Lancaster, … Continue reading →

Phew, at last our holiday has started. After a pretty good 300-mile journey across the Lone Star State, we pulled in, in the early afternoon, into the San Antonio KOA and we almost burst into song again (yes we expect … Continue reading →

Donner und Blitzen! No, no, no, not Santa’s Reindeer – but the literal translation. Let’s see if this helps; “The Lightening Flashed, the Thunder Roared and all the World was Shaken” “The Little Pig curled up his Tail and ran … Continue reading →

We’re off again!! Well we set off on Sunday the 30th April for our ‘big’ RV trip – Six months, covering about 17 US States, 6 Canadian Provinces and two trips back home to the UK for two weeks each … Continue reading →

Well, we have made it there and then we made it back! We have made Millie’s prediction come true and been down to the ‘Keys’ for a week, but we can’t promise to match Millie’s oratory skills, so please bear … Continue reading →

Sadly our little girl dog Millie passed away on the 27th April 2015, just a month after posting her last ‘blog’, warning all that she thought her Mum & Dad were planning another RV trip, but somehow going away in … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, It’s me, Millie. I think Mum & Dad are planning another RV trip as they had that big map book they use out last night and we have been up to the RV a couple of times recently … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, it’s me again, Millie. “No, Millie, budge over, we are doing this one”.   –    “Squeak squeak squeak” “Yes we are, it will be full of facts and figures and you will only have to ask us about the … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, it’s me again, Millie; Well I told you Mum and Dad promised me a surprise in Michigan, but you would never believe what it was, although I suppose you will believe it when I tell you. Where was … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, it’s me, Millie. After driving for miles on quite empty roads we got here to this Salem place and I couldn’t see a Witch anywhere. Well to be fair I am not sure what Witches look like, although … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, It is me again, Millie; Well we got here, at the Badlands and I don’t know what all the fuss was about, the place looks fine to me. As soon as we had parked the RV, we all … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, It is me Millie; I have taken over again as Mum and Dad were getting a bit maudlin with the last blog and I am not having any of that, so I gave them a squeak and a … Continue reading →

We have elected to do this blog, not Millie, because it is one of conflicting human emotions and we are not sure that Millie, bright as she is, fully understands this place. After we arrived from the fairly short run … Continue reading →

After a stroll around the town to get our bearings, we retired to a glass of Wine and a Beer to plan the rest of the week. The first thing that caught our eye was a one day Cowboy Event … Continue reading →

Shhh, if you are reading this, please read it quietly, Millie is fast asleep and we are trying to write the blog before she wakes up and catches us and starts squeaking to take over. We set off bright and … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, It’s me again, Millie. Tuesday morning we set off for the drive to the Grand Tetons (wherever that is), where we are going to meet up with Trouper and his Mum and Dad. This time the queues to get … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, it’s me again, Millie I don’t know what it is with Mum and Dad, but just lately I can squeak them around my little paw. They are letting me do this next bit of the blog, even though … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, It’s me, Millie again. Mum and Dad have let me write the next bit to cheer me up because I am feeling a bit low as my mate Trouper has left with his Mum and Dad to go … Continue reading →

The next day, the 4th July, started bright and early, we went to the site office for our briefing for the Judges role.  Wow, there were two clip boards, one for each couple, which were our instructions for what to … Continue reading →

These are a few pictures missing from Millie’s last blog. The first are the School Teachers rules that got Andy a clip and the second is the Indian Museum we visited that was closed because it was Sunday, but important … Continue reading →

Hi Guys, it me Millie Mum and Dad have let me loose on the computer again. They both say that it is because I am so popular, but I am starting to think that it is because their fingers are … Continue reading →