Pine Lodge Hotel Mansfield

... in Australia! I will take lots of photos and make sure you all see what we get up to!

Have fun while I'm gone and make sure you behave for your teachers while I'm away,

Lots of love

Mr Shark and Frederick Lion

:-)

... all of the people turn up that did on Thursday, made me feel very loved and I can't wait to see you all again and tell you of all the things I get up to. You all mean the world to me and if any of you get the cash or motivation to escape lovely England then let me know and I'll make sure I'm at the airport to meet you!

So now until I arrive down under I bid you adieu

x

Started way back in Feb of this year when 6 of us all agreed to go to richard's and johanee's wedding and at the same time visit South Afica and take in England against SA at cricket. Sadly having returned to SA Johanee decided to call of the wedding in September.
We decided to press ahead and Johanee ...

The plans for our trip started after we had Sold our house










We moved into a rented house in August and will be here until just before Christmas.











We have been house hunting in North Yorkshire ...

... a couple of DVD's that we'd bought and had an early ish night cause it was going to be a rather long drive & ferry crossing.

I forgot to mention I spent about 2 hours trying to fix the leaking kitchen water pipe with no luck at all. I gave up and just popped a stop end on it and left it like that! I don't think it's the end of the world not having hot water in the kitchen!

Short but sweet entry!

Bye

Tonight, Lorna went into Mansfield with all her tarty friends on the lash. Photos below will explain the evening. I went to Blidworth for a few beers then down to a mates house to watch Ricky Hatton get battered in the boxing. Managed to stagger home at around 5.30am!!! This is worse than travelling all this blummin' drinking and parting!

... we were motionless again. This time is was because the plane that had just previously taken off had spotted a stray dog on the runway!! As it was dark, the airport sent out shed loads of maintenance vehicles up and down the runways looking for old Rover with their headlights....well, with their eyes actually, but the headlights helped. Anyway, it appears that Roaming Rover the Randy Rascal had disappeared.....no sh*t!!..... not being funny but if I was a ...

... in mind, it will be a shame to miss the pandas but the alternative looks very interesting and worthwhile. On another note, we have now got our passports back with our Chinese & Vietnamese visas in them. All is well. We have also now got our Cambodia visas. I did these online with the Cambodian Embassy. It is known as an e-visa and costs $25 each ($5 more than at the border or Embassy). This is a new thing from last year and there are ...

... within the area and in some places they even managed to penetrate the perimeters of nearby US military bases. We'll actually be given the opportunity of crawling through a section of the tunnels while we're here, and learn how the brave men and women of Cu Chi built underground hospitals, kitchens and meeting rooms during their struggle for a unified Vietnam. Early afternoon we return to Saigon where you are free to spend your remaining time exploring some of the city's attractions. The ...

... paddy fields, taking time to stop in the villages and mingle with the locals. There is also plenty of free time to relax in the many cafes and restaurants that line Xi Jie (West Street), or shop for a bargain in the marketplace. On Thursday afternoon, we return to Guilin to catch our sleeper train to Wuhan. Day 6 / Yichang Arriving into Wuhan around lunchtime, we transfer to a bus for our trip to Yichang. This town is best known as the gateway city to the massive Three Gorges Dam ...