It was probably one of the last warm days of the summer, not that we knew that at the time. Pippa and I left London and headed down an A road followed by an M road and found our way to Wilmington near Long Man, East Sussex. The long Man is a chalk hill carving in East Sussex down near the coast. Most of England's hill carvings are in Wiltshire and are horses, but this is a giant with 2 long sticks. So we set off to see it. We spent a slow trip out of London as ...

I use to ride to work in Australia on my mountain bike. But that was all paved with only the occasional bump left by the dedicated workers of the Belconnen council. But this was a whole new deal. Pippa, Nick (Pippa's cousin) and I went to Bedgebery Pinetum near Flimwell in Kent for a ride. Bedgebery is a pine plantation that has been converted in some places into a Mountain bike/walking park. Really a good idea as it serves a duel purpose while the trees are wai...

Given that Pippa and I have been really broke for the last few weeks, we have done very little in the way of going out and sightseeing. But as the rain of the past few days finally cleared we headed off to the Tower of London. Something we have wanted to do for a while now. We went to the Tower 7 years ago when we were in England for Christmas and did not see inside the White Tower as the queues were very long, probably to escape the cold. We did see the Crown J...

Not that there isn't the room for the spectators and the tide is huge covering well over 300 metres across the beach. But the English Channel does not really provide the waves. Camber Sands in East Sussex was a great day out on Sunday. Pippa, Anouk and I joined Pippa's cousin Nick and his partner Adka and daughter Kitty for a day on the beach. It was a humid 29 and there was not a cloud in the sky over London. So our 2 cars and the rest of the 7 million inhabit...

The last sunny day for a while, not that we were to know this, but the next day it rained and has been raining ever since. As Pippa, Anouk and I are starting to settle into the Coach House we decided to have a few people over for a BBQ. Jordans, Freemans, Semples, Foresters a Sullivan. i.e. Pippa relatives in London and Amy, our friend from Australia. But as that is basically all the people we know it was a good turn out. I did a budget shop and picked up the o...