Last day in England

With just 10 hours to go before we head off, we're spending the day with family.

We've been enjoying our final taste of Enlgand for a while . . . here's a selection:

• Croissants (o.k. they're French)
• Cream teas
• Mountain biking in Devon
• Walks in the home counties countryside
• Childrens playgrounds (and we even let Joseph have a go!)
• The M25
• Cadburys chocolate
• Fairtrade tea
• English petrol prices
• And best of all - our great families and friends

Thanks for all the support and friendship so many of you have shown. And we're looking forward to seeing many of you out there. Our first visitors are in just 6 weeks! - Hope we've found a house by then.

We've just found out that we'll be staying in Colombo for our first few days whilst receiving some orientation. I'm glad to not be thrown straight in at the deep end.

If you're interested, you can listen to a good programme about Sri Lanka on Radio 4 Listen Again, at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage/