All booked!

Well, four weeks to go and I finally booked the flight ticket last week!

Got it through STA Travel in Bristol, who were really, really helpful. I eventually got a OneWorld Explorer ticket, which means I can do a bit of internal flying in South America included in the price.

I will touch down again on British soil after only a few weeks

I have had to buy an extra flight though, from Ushuaia in the very southern tip of Patagonia in Argentina, back up to Buenos Aires with Aerolineas Argentinas, because of the huuuge distances. It says it goes via the Falkland Islands - Las Malvinas in Spanish - so i will touch down again (albeit briefly!) on British soil only a few weeks after leaving home.

Just got a couple more follow-up injections to get, some more bits of kit, and a whole load of goodbyes and stuff to sort at home before I leave on April 19. Time is ticking!