Letters from the Larmours » Stories from the travels of the Larmour Family

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Come on in... here you’ll find bits and bobs about us, The Larmours, our life, where we live, what we do, and most of all, about our biggest shared family passion – our travels. This is a record for us, a place for us to share pictures and ramblings on what we’ve done and where we’ve been, but you’ll find occasional blethering about other things too.

We met in Hong Kong, and since then have lived and worked all over Asia before settling in China, where our Saffy arrived and then moving to the UAE where Indy joined us. Since we met we’ve travelled – since we married we’ve been on an adventure – since we had kids it hasn’t stopped… ultimately, all our small travels were preparation for the big one – that one day we hoped to take – a gap year, a sabbatical, a break from the daily grind – and starting 2014 we took off on it..... across the world, and then on a road trip that has taken us to three continents so far.....

Grab a cup of tea and come exploring with us,
Kirsty, Tommy, Saffy and Indy xxxx

Feb 01 2013

Letter from Autumn 2012

And so, as summer passed by we slipped back into the routines of school and work, and all the extra fun that goes with both and travel plans went on hold again…. until the Eid holiday that was… where we took ourselves off to the mountains of Fujairah, or was it Oman, or even Ras Al Kaimah camping, sometimes you just can’t tell where you are as you wind your way up those mountain roads – but oh what bliss it was….

It’s no secret that I’m a mountain girl – I go slightly stir crazy when I don’t see them for a while – I LOVE the sand dunes, and I’m pretty content with a gorgeous beach, but nothing beats mountains. So, off we took for a couple of nights… driving up wadi’s and across plateaus and finding perfect camping spots…

I’m so thrilled that the girls love it so much too (I wrote more about it in my November Project 10 and showed more of the journey over there) they couldn’t be happier than when off with their toilet roll binoculars, climbing up mountains by themselves, being given independence that we just can’t give them here in the city and then coming back down for marshmallows on a campfire…

I adore this picture – it became the girls holiday card this year!!!

I should sell this one to Explorer!!!Nothing beats sightseeing from the top of your car!!My favourite of my little mountain goat explorer!!

And if you’re up for a few more pictures of our camping trip and our beautiful UAE Mountains there’re some on my November Letter to the girls too…

More 2012 updates coming soon, Kirsty xx

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by Kirsty

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Jan 28 2013

Letter from Last August (2012)

It’s sad to say but despite all my best intentions life always seems to get in the way and I never quite seem to manage to keep this blog totally up to date 🙁 Last year we managed some fabulous travels which I’ve still not blogged – but that’s nothing, I still have so much from the year before to blog, and edit photos for – this is the problem with doing photography for a living…. when you want a break from photography that also means from the personal projects…. but in an attempt to stay vaguely up to date I’m going to spend a few nights adding in some photos and very quick, rough updates of the latter part of last year, before I get back to finishing off our European travels of Summer 2012…..

Sooooo….. August saw us back in hot steamy Abu Dhabi – which meant lots of beach and pool trips -T’s parents also came to visit which was even more of an excuse for sitting around and doing not very much!

You can also see some more of our August in my Project 10 over on the work blog, and some instagram pictures of our August here in my monthly Letter to the girls,

Until next time… Kirsty xx

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Nov 13 2012

Letter from Prague Castle

Prague Castle, the biggest castle complex in the world – full of mystery and history, and tourists, and rain….. man alive it was COLD! And did I mention before about how we had no waterproofs? Yup, we still didn’t!!! And we still didn’t have enough warm clothes (my rather sensible (I thought!) idea of hitting H&M and buying us all an extra long sleeved top was vetoed by T – the shopping party pooper – who kept assuring me that this freak cold front would pass – which of us has a degree in Geography??? I digress again, but remembering the crazy cold affects me like that!! Of course the other more sensible reason was because we didn’t have room in our 1 suitcase!)

But we went, and it WAS big and impressive, and impossible to see it all so again, we were selective… to be honest, I barely remembered any of it from the last time I went so it all felt new to me.

We started at the St. Vitus Cathedral with it’s pretty impressive stained glass windows and tombs and carvings.We then headed into the Castle itself which i think the girls liked for the winding staircases and impressive ceilingsThe St. George’s Basillica was next but lots of it was under renovation… and then we reached Golden Lane – which was mobbed! And was for tiny people!