Two Drifters

  Home for a brief rest as we head to Alaska and Canada at the beginning of July. The Africa and Alaska/Canada trips weren’t meant to be so close to each other but we’ll cope! 😂 Before I get to Africa, it was lovely to spend a couple of weeks at home. Caught up with our mums and spent time with all our kids and our gorgeous grandbaby. We even had a sleepover with our granddaughter to give her parents a break. She is a true delight and brings the whole family so much joy.  And, of course, we spent time with our much-loved doggies, Albus and Harry, who enjoyed a doggie holiday at the kennel whilst we were away. We are away a lot (although, usually, our daughters look after the dogs) and the dogs are so forgiving of us. Lick us to death when they see us and then act as if we were never away. I heard someone call dogs at our stage of life, “The kids after the kids grow up.” Truer words never spoken!! So, Africa…..WOW! We had a week (as a three-generation group of seven) at Mabali...

We ended April by meeting the CEO and Australian Head of Sales & Operations for Panache in Sydney. We enjoyed a lovely “get to know you” breakfast and recorded some interviews. The CEO and Founder,James Cole, flew back to the UK later that day. We released our first interview on YouTube - https://youtu.be/yaG44N9BS9Y?si=hNvlJKF-F4HpIFPU where James talks about Panache and its expansion into Australia. It’s only about 15 minutes if you want to have a listen. Our second video with the Australian Head of Sales, Juliana Nasmith, is only five minutes - https://youtu.be/wyubaLcb6Bw?si=MoXnkVaOQdxQUZAH The next week, we spent two nights on the Bellarine Peninsula doing a famil (ie a trip organised for me where I have a story already commissioned ie presold/pre-ordered) and the following week we were off to the Sunshine Coast to see family. The week after that, we flew to Cape Town so it’s been a busy little period! First, the Bellarine. This trip had been in the works since February 2025...