OAKLEY HALL

I had to take Pete for a spin so I decided to visit Wincester, one of the oldest towns in England. Was setup as Englands capital at one stage and was pretty important place when England became a country, ie united under King Alfred around 7th century..

It did have a castle on the hill but all that is left are the foundation stones. The hall is still there with ...

... at the Penhaligons Covent Garden Christmas Party, we had to pay a visit to the local pub to drop off a sponsorship form for their notice board.

As we arrived to the sound of booming eighties anthems, the DJ announced our arrival "the boys who are going to Cambodia". At which point the landlord appeared like the shopkeeper from Mr Benn with a pint glass stuffed full of bank notes. "Proceeds from the fish ...

... school, and then going to tour round afterwards. Not 100% sure yet but will definately be doing Kerela and then North India.

Thanks to Brother Hasslehoff (Jennys brother) I have this funky blog thing so you all can sleep well at night knowing that my organs havent been sold on the black market for 100 rupees a piece.

Enjoy :)

Nimita

xxx

... Michael's Church to help us sort and pack the boxes. You are all stars...

We can't wait to start seeing the smiling faces of people receiving your shoeboxes and we promise to keep you up to date with where we are, who we meet and the reaction your gifts receive.

Check back on Monday when the Trussell team will reach Bulgaria and start distributing your shoeboxes to men, women and children living in poverty...

... Q and cooking an Indian Feast for dinner!

Jo and I cooked up a storm, with pilau rice, rogan josh, korma, naan bread, samosas, bajhi´s etc. as Andy Collins and Bec and Andy Wilson were coming over for our last night in England.

We stayed up pretty late playing Buzz Music Quiz (no Mat, you still can´t beat me!). The girls all went to bed, but the boys stayed up until around 4am! Needless to ...

... of home every week since they play all American music and it's mostly Americans there as well! We went on Thursday night as well because they have 20 wings for 3 pounds! Best deal I've found in London. Someitmes you just need some greasy food and cheap beer... even if it is London! Friday night we decided we wanted to do something besides go out to the pub *go figure* so we lucked out and found cheap tickets to go see Spamalot!!! That was on my top 5 list of things I wanted to do while I ...

For those who don't know me I am a British male in his mid 20's who wants to discover more about the world, find myself and somewhere I would like to call home. Otherwise many people may know me as the post-Uni graduate who is reluctant to join the rat race or possibly undergoing an extremely early mid-life crisis. But enough about me; lets talk ...

This day of driving was picturesque England. We would our way thru the English countryside to our B&B in a little city called Painswick in the Cotswolds. We visited some of the more famous cities - Slaughter and Stow on the Wold for lunch. But Painswick turned out to a favorite of the area. The town was so quaint and revolved around a church with a large field full of above ground tombs. After talking with Mr. Lewis (the man who ...

... up this morning. Now I am at school and I have a free period to get myself centered. It should be a good afternoon with mostly older students to teach... although, I do have my nemesis after lunch today. Well, the nemesis was annoying, but not as bad as he could have been, I guess. He earned himself a detention along with another lad who could not sit still to save his life. There were also two sassy girls that made some serious noise. At least the girls did ...

I thought it would be prudent to spend a little time looking at the difference in education structure between Cox Green and Molalla, seeing as that is one of the biggest differences I see between the two countries' systems. In the UK, there are primary schools and there are secondary schools. Primary tends to go from year 1 through year 6, and secondary will go from year 7 through either year 11, which is compulsory for all children, or through to year 13 ...