Welcome to our brand new blog! We aren't quite sure how this is going to go, what it will end up being or who will even read it, but this is a way for us to document our adventure, for family and friends to know where about in the world we are and for others, (hopefully), to be inspired by our leap of faith.
On the 10th of September Ben and I have seats on a one way flight out of the UK. In my head I haven't quite comprehended what this means. (For anyone who doesn't know already, I am a bit of an OCD/planning/organising freak). Therefore to embark on a journey with no return date, no set itinerary and no neat timetable is rather daunting. And yet I'm not panicked, I'm not overly stressed and I'm not worried. Perhaps it's naivety or blissful ignorance but I'm comforted in the knowledge that I have my best friend, my go to, my boyfriend, by my side.
(Apologies for the ickiness, it probably won't last for long!)
Right, why magnetic migration? Let me explain...
Now I'm no scientist, never have been, but I am taken with facts about animals. Ben and I went through a stint of just watching Lonely Planet & Natural World, and as a result David Attenborough is one of our heroes. One of the things I love is how birds know to go somewhere warmer for Winter. It started when I watched the beautiful film 'Fly Away Home' and I'm reminded of it everytime I hear the geese land behind my house. I've often been slightly in awe of how these creatures just know the way.
From birth a bird is preparing for its first flight, the leap of faith when it trusts in the wings it was born with. Migration is an even bigger feat. To cross countries, mountains and oceans to find the 'right place' for them. Swallows breed in Europe and spend the Winter in Africa, the Rufous Hummingbird migrates 3,000 miles in one go and despite many obstacles in their way, more than 4,000 species of bird successfully migrate each year.
Some suggest that the birds use the stars, sun, wind and land-forms to help navigate their way, but overwhelmingly it is believed that birds, as well as Pacific Salmon, Sea Turtles and Monarch Butterflies, use the Earth's magnetic fields to guide their path.
(Photo by www.rsc.org)
So there we have it, magnetic migration, the process of leaving 'home', and trusting on an unseen route that has been predetermined to lead you to where you 'need' to be.
And that's what we are hoping this adventure will be. A trip that has no presumptions, no set plan, no expectations but to trust that we will be led, via our own magnetic migration, to the places we need to be.
This blog will let you know what we discover as we discover it. To introduce to the people we meet as we meet them. And to relay the excitement we have for exploring our own place in this world.
Enjoy!
Love Melissa x
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