Pheasant Inn Hotel Wokingham

... of days 15.11.08 (at least) back in Sydney 17.11.08 Fly to Christchurch - spend a couple of days there in a hostel Then possibly take magic bus with other travellers. You need 1 month to see both islands. 17.12.08 Return to Chirstchuch, stay with a friend, Martin 22.12.08 Fly to Auckland, and on to Heathrow, arriving 23.12.08 And then it is Christmas. Wow. So... all I need is a rucksack, a passport, and my Mastercard, right? 'Til next time... A

... was also a large police presence. Here we had a street party in the purest sense of the term. Almost all the Victorian houses had their doors thrown open to offer Caribbean food, a toilet for rent, or just contributed by belting out some serious dub from boxes sited on the front lawn or balcony. We stepped past barbeques being laden with row upon row of jerk chicken, and green, yellow and red emblazoned merchandise stalls selling trumpets, Jamaican flags, Rizlas and ...

... be exactly what I need right now. Also the starting salary that I asked for would be much better than the other job and I would be given a management type role or at least one closer to that which I am craving and have been for a very long time. (www.currenciesdirect.com) The job also entails organising trade shows so at least events come into it :) I was really bleak yesterday, but I have been keeping my head up in general considering how tough this place has been. Did I ...

Well we finally made it. After two years (and probably longer) talking about it, six months agonizing and 24+ hours traveling we finally touched down in Merry Olde England. And it feels fantastic! The only downside is that I can no longer do my celebrated (and much loved ) range of devastatingly accurate and funny UK accents for fear of ridicule or grievous bodily harm :-) I have recovered from this blow reasonably well (there may have been chocolate involved) and ...

... and Fashion is brilliant. You can get on a train in London and get off in France or Belgium for not much more than a return trip to Brighton. Things that remain the same ... no matter where you are living. Working for a Govt IT department ... Stretching 4 hours work into an 8 hour day with a visit to the gym in between. You start yawning about 5 minutes into the first episode of Big Brother and promise never to watch it again. But you do.

Yesterday I slept in which was lovely, then walked to school to grab brunch. After that we decided a day trip into Kingston would be great fun, so Vanessa, Melissa, Emily, Sarah, and I all went to walk to the Strawberry Hill Station to catch the train. However, we walked to far and ended up in Twickenham so we had to turn around and try again. Finally we got to the station, but the trains were under service for the day and wouldn't be up till 5. They had that ...

... Seb, Mike and oh - look at that, Alex was missing. some claim of work or something, Poor Show ALEX- but it is you missed out!! So, with music blaring and drinks flowing, members of Team GSR attacked the crowd with stickers displaying the loving new logo "I'm Taking One for The Team", and not stopping till each and every member of the public or Club Staff was ...

... in Heathrow and dropped the hire car off. I thought I might of got a speeding ticket or two and maybe a red light camera ticket whilst I was driving around, but they gave me the all clear which was a relief. I was mainly glad to get the car back without any scratches considering the width of some of the UK roads. To fill in the day I got the tube back into London and ...

... took us one hour longer than it should have to reach the suburbs around Heathrow. And so began our search. The first pub we stopped at did not offer accommodation - and did not know of any pubs in the entire area which did. The first B & B we passed was fully booked but the owner called her husband who took us to their other hotel, The Fir Lodge. This would cost us 55 pounds for a less than average room and I thought we may be able to do ...

... lively. The Palace wasn't as I remembered it, but still worth a look. Princess Margaret's apartments are now open to the public so it was interesting to see how a 'modern' royal lived - surprisingly, not all that grand. We visited the shop and then left for the Natural History Museum, which was a longish walk away. Passed the Albert Memorial, Imperial College and the Science Museum along the way, and entered ...