The Great Train Adventure; trains and boats and plane(s) and buses

So...I think it is about two years since I last wrote my blog (oops), I blame Facebook. Anyway, it seems a good opportunity to start it up again as we make the big journey from Beijing to Shrewsbury, UK over land this summer. Also, apologies for the terrible layout, I'm finding this quite a challenge on the iPad. The blog has been slightly delayed due to the recent banning of Google in China and then lack of internet on the trains, so I shall be posting an update today...