Tuesday 4th MarchI've had a cold for the last few days but unfortunately I think it's getting worse. Why does sickness come along when people stop for a holiday!? Nige and I moved into our new lodgings last night and today we went car shopping. Last time I went car shopping, I had to take out a loan and the girls know just how long it took me to pluck up the courage to borrow money!! This time, however, there was no 3 year old Ford Focus on offer, just Nige's i...

For this submission, I am going to try a diary type entry - while it might work this week, I'm sure it won't last long as there will be days when we do b***** all so there'll be nothing that will hold your interest!! Monday 25/2/08 Today we wandered around the streets of Christchurch, the 'suburb' where I worked in 1999. Monday's are market days on the high street, but it's no Camden market - rather it's a blue/purple rinse market, as Christchurch has an extrem...

So, after a few months of pretty much no planning, Nige and I are finally here in the United Kingdom.I've never been great at keeping a journal/diary, but I'm hoping to get onto this blog fairly regularly to keep you up-to-date. And so it begins … We'd chosen to fly to the UK with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates.The journey from Sydney to London (coach and planes) went quite well, except that Nige's entertainment system ...