Today is the day we head off on the overseas leg of our trip. We said our goodbyes to the McGuire family, who kindly put us for our last 4 nights in Oxford, and with one final generous offering Rich drove us to Heathrow for our flight to San Francisco.

After a quick food drop at Prets, followed by what seemed like a miles walk to the gate, we boarded our plane at 1.30pm and embarked on the 11hr flight to the West Coast of the US.

Amelia was in the window seat and got some great photos of the sun rising, whilst we caught up watching the latest blockbuster instalments….Barbie, Mission Impossible….

This is the first time we’ve flown the ‘other way’ to Oz and it was strange to be heading away from our destination and to be hearing US voices over the tannoy announcements.

Being 9hrs ‘behind’, we arrived at 5pm San Fran time and we were doing well holding off the sleep pains. Fortunately we passed through customs checks quickly and we were boarding out next flight to Sydney within 3hrs.

The 8pm departure meant a quick feed and then the lights were lowered and we all then blanketed up for a much needed sleep and relaxation!