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  • The jungle drums

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    TrickyAndNIcky
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    February 2024 We start breaking the news quite quickly. Friends who had recently stayed with us only a matter of days prior to the start of the adventure and earlier on in the year are first, and perhaps the most surprised, after all it was not even a thing then. We revel in their reactions…

  • What happened next?

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    TrickyAndNIcky
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    So – we fly back to the UK a couple of days later (after more 3am moments for us both and an intense soul-searching discussion over a very long lunch at Pier One, Port St Charles on the west coast – highly recommended btw) – to begin working out how we’re going to do this.…

  • “Well I didn’t expect that”

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    TrickyAndNIcky
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    Monday 19th February 2024 (Mum’s Birthday – that’s ironic – she had always badgered Dad to come back to live on the island) So here we are driving down to view this wild card. Honestly I’m thinking, “hmm I not feeling so clever, I might even be coming down with something”, this is our last…