Holiday 1 - update 2

The second half of the holiday went very well. Go-karting was popular as was when we hired a minibus for a day and took a tour up to Los Gigantes and then on to the fantastic moonscape of mount Teide. On Friday we took a trip on a 90 year old pirate ship to watch whales. All the kids decided to up my heart rate by jumping off the boat and swimming in the sea, before scaring everyone else with their piloting skills at the wheel.

The boy and I left Tenerife yesterday, a day earlier than the rest of the party, to travel to Madrid. We arrived on time and pulled up next to the aircraft that was going to take us on to London - a 10yd transfer! The second leg went well too and, once our bags turned up, our chauffeur and my sister whisked us up the M1 to home.

Time zones have been a bit crazy. Tenerife was GMT, Madrid GMT+1, London GMT, Home GMT+1 (BST) and this evening we'll be on GMT+2 in France.

This morning we've been frantically repacking for our onward trip to Tignes for a week's skiing. It's time to hit the road. :-)