Five weeks ago today I left San Francisco. Although the first week back in the UK was a hell of an adjustment, I can’t believe how much I’ve achieved since then. I’m on a roll and loving it!
The best part about returning from my sabbatical was most certainly finding out that I still had 25 days leave left until the end of June 2016 – I was accruing leave while I was effectively on leave. Result!
In order to make the most of my leave, and maintain a balanced level of ‘me/down time’, I sat down and thought what I’d like to achieve in terms of my travels over the next year. My second consideration was realistically how long I will be able to keep Trinity since I have nowhere to store her.
With these two factors in mind the following plan was born and discussed with my office:
January/February 2016: 2 weeks touring the east coast of South Africa
June 2016: 2 weeks touring central Western Europe (Belgium/France/Switzerland/Italy/Austria/Germany/Netherlands)
September 2016: 2 weeks touring Spain/Portugal/France
The South African trip will be on a hire bike rather than on Trinity – it’s not economically viable to ship her for a two week trip. The two other trips will however give me the opportunity to ‘stretch her legs a bit’ or maybe rather mine!
I have no fixed plan as yet except that I want to see the best of the countryside that each region has to offer, so if anyone has suggestions please let me know.
Update to follow in due course!
P.S. Thanks for the Kruger photos dad. A day trip into the park (in a vehicle of course) may well be on the cards.
Mel & Trinity 
I’m sure Victors got plenty of room in his shed down here in Kernow.
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Hi Mel Sounds like a great plan! Grants cousin Ellen sent me this today, I thought you might enjoy it.
So glad to hear all is well in your life and your enthusiasm remains full on!
I was sorry to have missed you in London perhaps next visit. All the best Darlene
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Hi Darlene,
It’s great to hear from you! It would be a pleasure to see you, so I certainly hope the opportunity arises in the not too distant future.
Much love X
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