This is Leather, of Leather and Abel, checking in from Heathrow Terminal 5. We’re currently sat in the BA Lounge after deciding to upgrade our flight in order to leave the country in style (or simply so we could bring an extra check-in bag each). It has been a whirlwind and emotional month leading up to this moment but I think my feelings can be best summed up by this image: I’m looking forward to updating you all from Germany. Thanks so much to all our family and friends who have been extremely supportive and loving over these last few weeks. I’m going to miss you all but hopefully this…

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu – adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu So it’s been a month full to the brim of goodbyes. Earlier in the month we said goodbye to our mouse (mice?) and learnt that we may not have had a rat (rats?) but in fact it may have been a squirrel. Or squirrels. People say that squirrels are just rats with big tails, but since I was a child I have loved them and their fluffy tails. So I’m actually hoping we killed a rat and not one of their fluffy tailed friends. The reason I love them is because when I was little,…