Hi all,
Well, after 22 months away, I'm finally back in good old Blighty and Portsmouth (Pompey). Becky and I had a great last couple of weeks in New Zealand, spending time on Shambhala in the Bay of Islands, where we took some friends from Queenstown out for a few days and I did a bit of teaching. It was then the mammoth 30 hours of flying to get to the other side of the world, which was actually OK on Emirates - I'd recommend them. Once back, we had a few days in Pompey before flying to Dublin to meet Becky's family and friends, which was great. We had a half day out sailing (it was cold!) and did some nice walking. We then returned to Pompey and hired a car for £38 for 4 days (I know, cheap!!!) and drove down to Cornwall to see Dad, Sophie, Joe, Grace, Lydia, Jenny and Sam (all family).
The first night there we went to Lydia's school dance show, which she stole by being a legendary contemporary dancer! Becky and I spent a day at the Eden Project, which as always was awesome (see the new pics). We also had a day walking on Bodmin moor and it was great to be back in the Cornish countryside. On our way back to Pompey we stopped off in Exeter and met up with Tom, Lucy, Penny and Dan, which was great to see them after such a long time. We're now back in Pompey and I'm looking for work while Becky has already started! I've applied for a few jobs so it shouldn't be long before I'm back on the job. Our plan is to stay here and bank as much money as we can before heading back to NZ in April to deliver two yachts up to Tonga.
I will try my best to get around to all those of you who are in the UK before I go again to share a pint or two of some great British beer (ahhhhhh....how I've missed a proper pint!). Thanks to all of you who have been following this little journal for the last two years and I hope you've enjoyed it, and hope even more that it has inspired you to get out there and see this amazing planet and it's wonderful people. Lots of love Tom xxx More thumbnails ...
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