Pilgrims’ Progress

Ticked off the To Do List……make sure everyone can walk ?????km. We don’t actually have a set amount, but we did eight kilometres today and everyone down to T3 managed it without a murmur, so we’re a few steps closer. In another month or so we’ll be doing the Coast to Coast, which is 16km, so perhaps that’s our goal.

Also ticked off today…….well, not exactly ticked off, but one of our goals is to make sure the kids will try anything foodwise. Out of eight, we only have one who can be a bit reticent about really hot curries, and the smallest one does not do bland. Other than that, they give anything a go. A moving description in “The Clay Marble” of boiled rice with dried fish fried in chillies and garlic inspired tonight’s dinner menu (although we had the luxury not afforded to Cambodians in a refugee camp of supplementing ours with some Chinese Cabbage, which is growing prolifically in the garden).  The little two potential-fusspots hoed in and came back for seconds and thirds. Tick. Tick.

We’re almost in party mode here………we came *this close* (hold finger and thumb in front of your nose, not too far apart) to booking tickets today……….

In the meantime there’s the Ultimate Blog Party in full swing.

Maybe our family (dad, mum, eight kids and grandpa) will be able to meet some of you virtual party-goers in real life when we hit the road later on this year. We’ll be on the move for twelve months and although we don’t plan to pass through the U.S., I know many of you live in Other Places. If you’re in South East Asia, maybe we’ll see you in a hostel. If you’re in Mongolia, we might eat fatty lamb round a fire in our ger. If you’re in the UK or Europe, we’d love to park our caravan and van in your driveway for a night! We’ll bring playmates for your kids - promise!

Do you want to check up on us before we drop by? You’ll find us cooking up a storm at have pinny, will cook, exploring our book love at off the BOOKshelf, marvelling at creation over at in awe and wonder, and the kids are always into inventions and adventures. Never a dull moment in this neck of the woods. 

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I can't imagine trying to take children who won't eat broccoli or chicken feet or whatever-they're-given round the world....ours eat anything and everything - and even *request* salad and veges (to the eternal dismay ... [Continue reading this entry]