Norwich

The trip to New Zealand seems a long way off at the moment as I am listening to severe weather warnings for the U.K. Will we be able to get to Heathrow Airport on Monday morning? If we manage to get there will our flight take off on time? Will it take off at all? Outside the snow here is still deep, completely covering the garden and nearby buildings and piled up on pavements. Occasionally the sun catches an icicle and it starts to drip, but there isn't really any sign of a thaw. The forecast into the predictable future shows only ice, snow and below zero temperatures. I've had a trial pack and decided to keep my sleeping bag right on top of my haversack in case we end up sleeping on the floor at the airport, as so many other people are doing at the moment. I think this is going to be a very different trip for us. New Zealand does indeed seem very far off, but of course the language will be the same and maybe the culture closer to our own. Yet somehow it feels as if we are stepping outside our 'comfort zone', in comparison to our trips to Southern, Central and North Africa. An adventure indeed.