So Last Saturday LP arrived home from kiwiland and ever since it has been all go on all fronts! on Sunday we jumped in the car and headed to Barnstaple for a day of learning some family history and seeing some historic family sites...here's some pictures....

Stained glass window in the Newport church in Barnstaple (The Jewells are family)

The Bridge in Barnstaple

Me and a tree planted by the Jewells

Sues Old house in Chilerton

Then on Monday me and LP had a day of organising for Africa (he got up at 5am headed up the hill to work got there where he was sent home as he wasn't actually working hopefully this will teach him to read messages a bit better)

so we started off by writing ourselves a big list then checking them off in the town....

ü 15 passport photos for LP for obtaining visas on route (I got mine ages ago when I had to get pictures for my new NZ passport)

ü Got LP some hiking boots (cheap ones as he doesn't like boots…who doesn't like boots)

ü Got some new torches (wind up ones which never need batteries how handy…)

ü Assembled almost all of our first aid kit…(all we need now is some needles just in case we end up in hospital (touch wood))

ü Got all our toiletries (including shampoo bars like a bar of soap but shampoo great space saver!)

ü Then when we got home we brought our insurance online…(over 70 outdoor activities are covered including rambling and orienteering I’m so pleased that really takes a load off! But seriously it does cover the very necessary safari and gorilla trekking so is money well spent)

ü And lastly we brought our train tickets (to London for the 31^st October )

so it all seems to be coming together in less then four weeks now we head into the unknown....wish us luck...