EXPEDITION BACK UP

Behind every adventurer is a support team, and we have one too. So, thank you Cynthia (multi-tasking but specialising in bird-feeders, greenhouse and rubber plant), Gordon & Suzanne ( troubleshooters with special responsibility for locating stop taps if necessary), Alison & Bill ( great at sounding convincing that they can deal with anything - and standing by if Gordon needs reminding where he can find the stop taps) and Carol & Geoffrey (luxury chauffeur service).
And I've had my fitness checks  in preparation for our imminent departure: -
Feet - fit for walking
Teeth - fit for Bangkok's street food (if riots and shootings don't prevent us leaving the hotel)
Hair - fabulous upon leaving the salon; a pity this state doesn't last long in my hands but it's short, and fit for travelling, tramping and sleeping on the floor in a hut on Stewart Island.
Eyes -fit for map reading (and avoiding arguments in the campervan about whether I said 'go right' when it should have been 'go left')

Soggy Cornwall this morning. So sorry I won't be here to share it with you much longer....