Day 1: And so it begins...

Song of the day: Drive – Bic Runga

Miles travelled: 63.9

5.00am: Wake up. Wonder if we have everything for the van.

5.55am: Get up. Declare that 5am is the new 11am.

7.00am: Load van.

8.15am: Leave home. Waved off by Tom and family. J

8.25am: Get lost for the first time. What does “slight right onto Vauxhall Bridge Road” mean?

8.26am: Throw away Google Map instructions.

8.55am: First argument. Congratulate selves for really being on holiday now.

9.30am: Get van up to 60mph. Get in!

10.30am: Arrive in Brighton.

1pm: Finish organising van.

1.01pm: Argue about how much crap we brought with us.

1.02pm: Congratulate selves for really being on holiday now.

1.15pm: Walk into Brighton.

1.25pm: Starts raining.

1.26pm: Get wet. L

3.30pm-6.29pm: Cam takes photos in rain. Gives up. Leaves pier.

6.30pm: Stops raining. Decide that we never really wanted that photo anyway.

7.00pm: Return to van.

7.15pm: Laurie figures out how to successfully operate stove.

7.20pm: Dinner.

8.01pm-8.56pm: Make bed.

8.57pm: Decide that we should have figured out how to make bed in London.

10:00pm: Bed time. Because we are old and married. And tired. Congratulate selves for really being on holiday now.