Moglet in Africa: December 2010

Moglet in Africa Website

We left our house in the UK in 2008 and fully intended to be in Africa not too much later. Two years on, and we've finally booked in a ferry to leave Barcelona for Tangier at the end of November 2010! It's been eventful and fun and I wouldn't change a single day of it, even if it has all taken a bit longer than expected...

Prior to this shiny new blog, there was and still is a Moglet in Africa website to wander through. It's been up and running for a while now and has loads more detail on the route, the vehicle, us, preparation, pretty much everything other than the trip diary itself. It will also be the site that gets maintained throughout Africa to detail lots more information on top of a trip diary. As well as that, it's also got a link to our original Moglet website which has more details of the original planning and preparation for leaving a house rented in the UK, personal and medical preparations, plus the driving all around Scotland we did for a few months following our original departure in 2008.

So in a nutshell, if you're just interested in the diary for the trip down Africa, the blog will be mostly all you need to worry about. But if you're interested in how we got to this point and what's happened to us so far, or want more information on the Africa bit than cant be found in a blog (GPS co-ordinates, lots of photos etc) have a look at the websites :-)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Last update for 2010??

So, we're still here and I'm writing a blog entry so you could be forgiven for thinking I have something particular to say. Not really! Other than the insulation has gone down and seems to be working a treat. The cold chill that used to drift down over your shoulders in the evening whilst sitting on the sofa is no more, and the interior temperature seems to stay higher for longer. So its all good so far.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Sitting tight for Christmas

Apologies to the regular readers for the lack of posts over the last couple of weeks, but to be honest there's been very little to report. The final missing Eberspacher parts have all now arrived, and despite no changes being made to the system since the last post, she's not displayed any error codes for a couple of weeks now. So we still have a spare controller unit to change as/when/if required. However, the last of the parts only arrived yesterday, so realistically it'd be a bit of a bonkers rush to get the last ferry before Christmas - plus having just looked on the ferry website there's no space for Moglet anyway, so that's that decision taken care of!So we're going to sit tight here and look after the house while mum and dad are in the UK. We've stocked up on the booze, Jasons chopped a pile of logs for the fire, we've got in a big tin of Roses to plough through and I have a splurge of a roast dinner planned for Christmas Day. Things could be a lot worse :-)