Heckfield Hook

... and head to the nets. Hmm, where are the nets? Most grounds here are privately owned, so after being kicked off 2 grounds, i settled for the side net of a tennis court. Within half an hour, a portly Indian bloke came up and asked if i was interested in joining half a dozen of his mates for a game. Two ten10 matches later, i was aching and almost sunburnt. For the record, i carried my bat in the first game for a well composed 40, and struggled in the next only making 6. I'm ...

At last we have been able to get onto the net. We left Toogoom on 2nd Aug by the tilt train to Brisbane, we spent 3 hours with our grandchildren and then the airtrain to the airport. We had 4.5 hour wait until the plane left for Singapore at 2345 hours. We arrived in Singapore at 0530 hrs their time and we spent 3.75 hours walking the shops of the transit centre. Left for London 0915 hrs. The service on tboth ...

... exist in the museum today would have been lost. This afternoon we had a lecture from the Commission on Racial Equality. We discussed immigration, discrimination, racism and all kinds of issues affecting citizens of the UK. At 5, we met at King's College London for a lecture with the Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks entitled "Religious Education for a Society of Diversity." He was absolutely incredible. He was such an ...

... We have a two week spring break around Easter that we need to vacant our houses for. I know that sounds stupid, but its part of the program. I think it is because many people in Europe leave their houses and visit relatives elsewhere and the people don't want students living in their houses while they are gone. I don't mind because I want to travel! I've been making plans with a few girls from my program. We are going to Venice, Italy, then to Florence ...

... out the front. Inside the room there was more flowers, in fact 'floral-overload' comes to mind. Floral bed-spreads, floral wall paper with floral borders, floral pictures on the walls, potpourri, baskets of dried flowers, foral writing paper, floral curtains- two types, and yes, even newly sprayed floral air-freshner making us gag as we open the door to the ensuite. But it was so perfect for this town! Our reaction was 'aahhhh... so cute ...

... since the 14th century. He took us on a 1 hour tour bringing to life the Towers history including imprisonment, torture and intrigue. Some of the England's most famous prisoners were held here, including Sir Walter Raleigh who was kept in the Bloody Tower {their name not mine} for 13 years where he wrote the book "The History of The World". The scaffold site here was where two of Henry the VIII wives were beheaded; Anne Boleyn and Catherine ...

... We also passed by Westminster Abby and were going to have a look around but it costs ten pounds each to get in ($50AUD between us) and we didn't fancy spending that much to see the insides of a church. We then raced back to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards at 11.30am which happens only once every two days and was sensational! On the way there while walking through St James Park we saw tiny squirrels scampering everywhere and ...

... It was very interesting to be down in South London - where I grew up. There seemed to be something about the place that hit me (not literally) as soon as I got down there on Thursday lunchtime. I managed to get the wrong train at Victoria (I'm sure the board said Platform 4) and there were a couple of kids bunking off school and playing locking each other in the toilet on the train and annoying other passengers. That distracted me for a ...

... the show was really great anyway. i had so much fun. it was like a party all this pl i knew shown up and i alwasy had ppl aroudn and i had so much fun. betrayed set was really cool. i love aram and i love that he talks so much betwwen the songs. the bane show was insane. besides they had some tecnical problem a couple of times the show was crazy. ppl were singing along all the time and you can really see how much heart and passion the band ...

... see photos), Thanks to Dad (Andrew's nickname in case you are wondering) & Flossie for their "Em and Dave's little Survival Kit" - many useful items which we will be taking with us including Vodka (although I'm sure we'll be able to get hold of some of that in Russia) The night flew by and didn't seem to have enough time to talk to everyone but hope everyone had a great night.