It has been a quiet couple of days for Basil. Even though he is so eager to see the sites it seems that the travel has caught up with him - all those limo rides, disco dancing in Boston, train trips, visiting cultural monuments, and architectural inspections I am not surprised.
Even a quiet game [...]

Basil is fitting in very well with the Maclean family - a code-writing donkey (I have a backlog of work he could be doing), that drinks Bundy rum (my husband Ian still has a sore head) and is interested in Australian outdoor life like surfing and rugby league. What’s not to like.
After we sat [...]

Well there I was among the throng of people at Sydney’s International Airport waiting at the Arrivals Hall. I had expected to be there a few days earlier to collect Basil, but in his usual fashion the recalcitrant code-writing donkey took a detour. Thankfully Ben managed to let me know that Basil wouldn’t [...]

Basil’s misadventures in LAX airport led him to New Zealand instead of his proper destination, Australia. No problem…Basil enjoyed a whirlwind weekend tour of New Zealand with a couple of pals and eventually made his way to visit with Leah Maclean.
I can now report that Basil is with Leah in Australia, having safely arrived in [...]

Ok folks…here we go again…
This probably shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it turns out Basil’s in New Zealand! He’s supposed to be in Australia meeting up with Leah Maclean, but clearly he’ll be delayed.
So what happened?
I’ve got the pieces to the puzzle from Basil, but let me see if I can put them all together.
Basil did [...]