mum Hi darling, enjoyed reading your blog, glad to c food still high on the agenda!!!macdonalds will be a bit of a come down!stay safe, lots love from sleepy warminster xxxxx

Dad Great blog. Very jealous apart from thr bungy. Thanks for eclairs. Looking forward to lazy Fathers Day. Off to driving range while mum boot sales, fair amount of TV - test match, England U21 football then US Open golf - Rory McIlroy 8 shots ahead, then Chinese this evening. School is pretty relaxed at moment - just GCSE Stats to go. Staff student golf opn Wed. Could do with better weather though! Just reading Ian McGeechan's book with sections on Lions tours to NZ. Lots of familiar places from your blogs. Speak to you tonight. Take care. Love Dad xxx

MUM hi darling, glad all going well despite the weather.The wine tasting would suit me fine but i think i would leave the horse riding out!!Killing possums sounds a bit gruesome!Stay safe, enjoy,love u xxx

Dad Becky, Sounds like a brilliant time. NZ sounds like a real active kind of place judging by the activities you have been doing. Have vaguely heard of some of the places from reading about Lions tours and nice to get more info about them. Looked up your 19k walk on net and it seemed to describe it accurately according to your blog. Off to Lymington in New Forest today for a couple of nights. Weather looks good so might even get dip in sea - not quite same as Pacific Ocean though! Take care. Love Dad xxx

mum hi skydiver! hope your heart rate back to normal,appreciated knowing u skydived after the event!!!!Stay safe darling, love u xxxxx

Grandma Mary Thank you for your phone call..it was lovely to hear your voice and a very nice suprise. helen is here.we have bought me a mbility scooter as i have given up driving and am going to sell my car, ihope you are still enjoying life.Lots of love and xxx Grandma Mary.

Jessica hey hun. hope you are ok and you werent near the tornado in Auckland.. xoxo

Grandma Mary Becky, Thank you for all the cards.They are along my mantle piece. Sounds like you are having a wonderful time. Hope you enjoy New Zealand. See you soon. Lots of love, Grandma Mary xxx Hi Grandma! Glad they are all arriving safely! Loving Auckland at the moment but looking forward to travelling around!! Enjoy your time with Dad this week!! Lots of Love xxxx

Dad Glad you enjoyed the Aussie Rules, mate. Seem to remember the ref bouncing the ball on the ground to restart games. Don't know if they still do it. Think you will have to go to The Comedy Store in London when you return - the starting point for a lot of famous stand-ups. Just got back from Oxford. Lovely time looking round the dreaming spires, lots of famous colleges. Nice friendly hotel, went for a couple of cycle rides along Thames towpath, weather stayed fine, all good. Off to Grandmas on Monday. will try to show her again how to look at blog. No chance! Take care. Love, Dad xxx Glad you had a nice time in Oxford! One thing- lets hope Grandma doesn't remember how to use it as she will be able to read your comment!! Numpty!! Love you xxx

mum hi darling, sevens tounament sounds great, all those lovely men in shorts and a pint in your hand, bet u were in heaven!! Plus abit of sunshine, one happy bunny!! stay safe, love u xxxx Heaven?? I don't know what you're talking about!! It was a hard weekend to get through!! He he!! Love you xxxx

Dad Gee mate, Sounds like a good time in Sydney. How pricey was it? Fancy looking around Olympic Park. Good that you actually get to go in the changing room and swim in the pool. Good value. Having talked to Graham about his trip, something we might well do on retirement. Looking forward to seeing the pictures. Enjoy sevens. Love, Dad. Take care xxx Heya! Yeh can't really complain with Sydney! Wish I had more time there but it was pretty expensive! I managed to get a hostel for about GBP20 but it was a good trek from the harbour! Yeh you should definitely do it! Theres so many amazing places to see!! Think you and Mum would enjoy the Blue Mountains and the Olympic Park!! Pictures are on FB now so get Charlie to show you when she's next home! Can't wait for the sevens! Apparently a lot of the hostels are already full so should be a turn out!! Love you, miss you xxxx

Dad No worries, mate. Cricket not going too well. We were 229 - 6, SL are 90 without loss. Not prominsing. At least the Aussies went out, although good to see Ponting get ton - have a lot of time for him. England v Wales at football this afternoon. All big teams through in HK. England have Russia in 1/4 final Sun. Looking forward to Crusaders tomorrow. Not so keen on your shark stories, but imagine most are pretty harmless. Must get the adreneline going to see that fin above the water though. Going to try to put some work on Ipods for Year 11 next week! Will need a bit of help to do it, but hopefully it will get even the most lazy ones interested. Off to cut grass before hitting Sky Sports later. Love, Dad. Take care xxx

mum hi darling Love your photos, although not 2 sure about those crocs, think u need to give them a wide berth!!!! G lorious weather today, got a new phone- blackberry just like yours,gonna take me a while to get use to it! could be interesting!!!!ENJOY the beach, dont forget the suncream, stay safe, love u lots xxx Glad you are enjoying them!! Just put some more up from Oz Zoo as I didn't realise they didn't all go up!! And also got some from Byron Bay to put up now!! Congrats on getting the blackberry!! First few texts could be interesting!! Now we just need to introduce Dad to them!! Could be a few hundred years for that eh?! Don't worry, avoiding the sunburn at the moment!! Think my skin is finally getting used to the sun, although did slap on factor 50 for the sea kayaking!! Love you, miss you xxxx

Dad Strewth mate, Surfers sounds like a lively place. Be careful of those Irish bars though... Maybe best to steer clear of them this week after the result in Dublin! They even beat us at cricket! Net suggests weather may brighten up for you next week. Will let you know how we get on with Crusaders match = one report suggested the crowd will be about 40k, but I imagine a lot will depend on weather. Will pre order tickets but guess they will be sold on day also. Speak to you soon. Love Dad. Take care xxx Ha ha, I love that you are sounding more Aussie than me!! Although spent some time with a few Geordies recently and definitely had a little Geordie twang every now and again!! Yeh loved Surfers, avoiding all bars for a while as I need to recover!! Weather is already picking up- been on the beach this morning and it was pretty warm!! Just hope it holds out for the rest of the week!! Well it obviously hasn't been advertised too well but if it was I'm sure there would be a good turnout!! Love you xxx

Dad Hello again. Surfing and kayaking sound like hard work but fun. Hopefully you missed that big wave we heard about. Aussie must have been sheltered from it as it reached both North and South America we heard.We had nice meal with S and L last night, Horse and Groom. Looking forward to Eng v Sco this afternoon. Am about £70 up on Toby after yesterday, so all good. Spring is on way here, sun shining outside, cats lazing in conservatory. Have final of 5k tomorrow. Will let you know how we get on. Have tried to arrange morning off for tutor group for mental preparation and visualisation techniques! Enjoy the zoo. Take care. Love Dad xxx