15 May 2012
by Mo
in Family Gap Year, Preparations
Tags: Arundel, Camping, Ecuador, Groupon, Spanish language, Travel
This weekend, we had friends to stay, peeled Martin away from his computer, put packing, paperwork and planning to one side and went out for a beautiful day in the sunshine to Arundel. It was a lovely reminder of what we are looking forward to most from our trip, hanging out together and enjoying life! We had a lot of fun on the boating lake and surprisingly no-one fell in – it was idyllic!
Back to rain, computers, school ,work and preparation today! Its only 58 days before we fly – more scarily, its 43 days before we move out of our home. More
14 May 2012
by Lara
in Family Gap Year, Kids Stuff, Preparations
Tags: Lara, Sock, Zoe
Look at me mummy!
Lara and Mummy’s bedtime chat tonight ……
Mummy: You were busy this afternoon…?
Lara: Yes, I started to pack for our trip so I didn’t have to do so much when we go on holiday and travel round the world. I got my rucksack out and
More
20 Apr 2012
by Martin Clark
in Adventure, Family Gap Year, Photos, Preparations
Tags: Ben, Family Gap Year, homeless, renting
Making fire in the woods for lunch
Reality check. Just had 2 viewings on our house and one seems keen. Brilliant! Oh, they want to move in a month before we go? It would certainly make our preparations move on more quickly.
Maybe we could live in the woods? Make fire by rubbing two sticks together?
We would be foolish to say no and would just have to manage, we could go away at half term and then be creative for the 4 weeks until the end of the summer term and we fly.
Ben is happy with his new bedroom
Better start packing and hopefully throwing away all the clutter that accumulates when you have enough space to keep it.
I have been super busy with work but expect more blog posts as we count down to our family gap year!
07 Apr 2012
by Mo
in Family Gap Year, Health & Fitness, Preparations, Travelling
The countdown to departure day (d-day) on my iPhone is now under 100! 95 days today, to be precise.
We now have a to let sign outside our house and we’ve started the long process of decluttering! This is a big deal for us, More
14 Mar 2012
by Martin Clark
in Family Gap Year, Preparations, Tips
Tags: ATM, Bank account, Bank charge, Cash, Travel
Commission free ATM Cash
‘People get divorced more often than they change bank’ is no longer true but I am sure many people (like me) have had the same bank account for 30+ years. There is a lot of inertia to overcome in moving and in a competitive market surely all their charges are much of a muchness? Calculator time and I was shocked!
More
07 Mar 2012
by Mo
in Family Gap Year, Preparations, Travelling
Tags: Chile, Cook Islands, Easter Island, EasterIsland, Papeete, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, South America, Tahiti, Travel
So whilst my lovely workaholic hubby was blogging away earlier tonight, I was getting our 3 children to bed! But oh, he of little faith! Who needs to wait till tomorrow? I successfully booked our first flight using Avios miles and Amex BA companion vouchers – yes, we actually found availability! Thank you BA and thank you Amex! We’re headed to Rio de Janeiro on 11th July 2012! YAY!!! More
03 Mar 2012
by Martin Clark
in Family Gap Year, Preparations, Tips, Travelling
Tags: American Express, Amex, Credit card, Debit card, MasterCard, Travel, Visa
Best Travel Credit Cards
If you go on holiday and spend £1000 on your credit card any idea how much you pay in fees? I hadn’t a clue, hardly top of my list of priorities if you are going away for a few days. So off to Google and Martin Lewis’ Money Saving Expert who do a nice comparison. Ouch… More
Previous Older Entries Next Newer Entries
Ben
Lara
Martin Clark
Mo
Zoe
The Clark Family's Amazing Adventures 