Mount Ommaney

This is the day that we head off on our big adventure. Five weeks, four countries, many sights. Watch this space.
Fortunately our flight is at a civilised time, and we're flying with a civilised airline, so it's all looking good.
Helen has the most amazing contacts list, so there is some hope that we can wangle a spare seat between us, which would be good.

However, the giant A380 was chokkers, so no empty seats anywhere. Fortunately, it was a quiet and comfortable flight, and we arrived in Dubai feeling quite OK.Read more