The Clark Family's Amazing Adventures

What a great idea, create a blog for our family gap year?!!? It feels right and wrong in so many ways:

RIGHT

• It reinforces the memories
• Ben and Zoe will practice writing
• We can stay in touch with family and friends
• Others planning a family gap year might be inspired (or just read about our mistakes and stay at home watching Hollyoaks which is undoubtedly safer)
• Something to do on long journeys
• Writing is fun

WRONG

• Aren’t we wanting to just get away from it all, away from technology, constant contact, Blackberries in bed etc.
• Isn’t it private?
• What if we write something that offends?
• The boss will read it and think ******! (OK we don’t currently have bosses but might one day)
• We might come across as smug sitting on a beach somewhere while you are on the 0655 from Brighton to London, standing room only looking forward to your appraisal?

Actually this is all an afterthought and a bit like our trip we just decided it seemed like a good idea and made it happen. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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