Auntie Clare Coooooeeeeeeee are you still picking up your messages? It´s getting cold over here now so jumpers are a must. Tony is back at Uni now and living in a house with 4 friends. Think it´s going well although he probably would like a cleaner!!! Francesca is going over to Loughborough this weekend to see a friend of hers and hopes to meet up with Tony. Greg still hates his job but can´t afford to pack it in. Hope things are going well for you out there - we are all so impressed with how you´ve coped with it all. We are looking forward to seeing you and hope it won´t be long now. Love you lots. Clare xx

josh hey peeps, yeah the blogs is really slack i no. well to all the people who i havnt spoken to here is what iv been up 2.... im now in nz queenstown living in a house on fernhill with 6 people. 2 from canada and the rest from england. it wicked here. iv finally got a good job wirking in a bar/resturant called Guilty. iv met some cracking people who im sure i will keep in contact for a long time! iv been snowboarding up at the remarks and coronet mountains. its so good. its very expensive to buy the gear and pass so im thinking that i wont do that for a while. 6 months has now gone by and im still away from theuk. missing everyone lots. would love to come home for a week then go back but that aint gonna happen. my birthday in 2 weeks and a bit so iv decided to have a house party on the 6th. and then ice skateing and a bbq on the 7th! it will be strange not being around my family and mates on the bday but there are many more to come i guess. anywayz ill speak 2 u guys soon i hope. lots of love josh xxxx

mum Hellooo Josh Just a really quick one to say hurry up & write your blog for everyone , you are so lax, so come on get on with it please .... All ok here as you already know so thats all i wanted to say so ta ta love mum xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

tori you have straightened your hair looks good, just emailed you with message then saw the pics, the house looks alright big lounge how many of you live there?? x x x x

tori Hi Joshy, I have just written on your facebook quickly, nothin major just a brief message was thinkin of you and wandering wot and where in the world you are today, time, place etc, how have you been- alright? hope so!! have you found a job yet? fingers crossed you have, will say josh your slacking a bit with pics etc lol!! im at work of course still no net at our house, Andy is well hard at work we have a wedding at the end of the month and may have a couple of days away somewhere, not sure yet!! Im ok college is going good started my 5 week course lots of work thought i had finshed all that but hey ho, once it's done and all that!! Spinning!!!!! well it's good like you said im going again tonight went on wed first time on my own tonight don't really like it on my own really. hopefully the calories will fly away. but anyway are you still with joel and the lads and ladies?? hopefully your all still having a fab time, as always got to get back to work but hope to talk to you soon josh, Miss you take care lots of love Torsx x x x x x x x x

nattie hey josh!! havent spoke for ages! hope your ok, how are you doing? what have you been up to? Im at work at the mo, working in hayle boots this afternoon. Not nice weather here today we have had it lovely tho for a good week or so! still looking around for a different place to live we are looking at threemilestone hopefully!! fingers crossed! Ben hand is better now bless him! i go to a new fitness class at carn brea "goodness i am gettin brave" i do spinning! its so hard felt like bridget jones the first time i did it!! getting better now tho! good luck with findin a job im sure something will come up soon!! anyway best be off so speak again soon! love you loads take care miss you!! x x x x x x x

mum Hi Josh Well you will be off to NewZealand tomorrow bet you cant wait for a good bit of snowboarding to start, glad all your gear arrived thats a relief i can tell you !!. I hope the weather over there has produced a good amount of snow otherwise it would be dissapointing for all of you, from what i can gather its looking pretty good , so fingers crossed for a bit of work coming your way or at least just enough to keep your head above water, cos thats all it needs. Took Ben to the hospital today , he has to keep his hand cast on as he still does'nt have full use of his thumb, but not all the time, i think he is milking it really so that he does'nt have to go to work in Scoobies .......cheeky little devil lol!! Rubbish weather today after such a beautiful few days, so i expect thats our summer over with as usual, i certinly hope not. Uncl Ant & auntie Chrissy had a nasty shock on their way home from G&G's Abbie phoned to tell them that little William had been to his dads for a night or two & had fallen in a bath of scalding hot water , he has 9% burns to his legs & at the moment is in hospital & poor Abbs has had her tonsils out so she too is feeling rubbish, not nice for either of them, i will keep you posted. Anyway Tori has just turned up so will write again later , hope you are ok . Miss you loads lots of love mum xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Auntie Clare Good Luck with finding a job. Andy and I are out in Majorca at the moment chilling out. Unfortunately the weather has changed over the last couple of days and it is a bit chilly! Everyone seems to be moving out round here so very quiet and a bit strange compared with Brentwood. Fortunately we can get english telly over here so we are up- to- date with all our favourite programmes. Not looking forward to cleaning the house when I get back. Tony is being very sensible and vanishing for the weekend!! Take care. C xx

awesome auntie ann greetings from the college road gang -presume you are still in sydney..luckeeee. usual news this end,chris spending money he hasn't got on a lads weekend at the races/spurs match.Pete wondering what happened in the chelsea match last week but saves him atrip to rome!! Me making my birthday last a full on fortnight including a girlie trip(+tony!) to the theatre/covent garden.Cesc making looking for a job a fulltime occupation, Kate partying hard as ever and looking through endless websites for cheap flights to anywhere.She is joining pete and me in france at the beginning of june while cesc dog-sits (shame!!) Keep safe lots love xxxxxx

Ant Chris & Troops Hey Josh...How's it going....sounds like your having a rubbish time out there...lol....Nothing really exciting happening back here in Bournemouth...uncle ant"s underpants have got ladders in so I think a trip to the shops are in order....weve gone self sufficiant planting our own carrots spuds cabbage onions and lettuce....Girls are all fine...Amy's living with lewis, hayley's with the other Lewis, and Abs has a new fella called Jack you'd get on with him appararently he's been travelling twice came back not long ago, he's a surfer spent allot of time down in Cornwall....i think he had a sponser he was that good...lets hope this one lasts...right better go get dinner on the go otherwise I'll be sacked.....really pleased your having a great time....take care lookafter yourself love all of us in Dorset xxx

tori hey joshy, how are you ell i have read all your updates and well sounds amazin you are so very lucky, hey and you running for it like that lol can just imagine you all leggin it. had a look at some of the pics and they all look good, how was it with Nick and his girlfriend good? i have been thinking of you over there, and really working hard here ill be a different person when you get back hopefully (10ilbs) down already whoop whoop!! it's been a horrid week here so far rain rain and more rain, everyone is ok thou well ben has been a bit poorly with throat etc he mite be bit better today!! Me and Andrew are ok busy at work sorry haven't been in touch as much just had loads on, staff leaving etc, i had lots of hair too, saying that you should get yours cut, don't worry it will be fine just say you want a trim!! how are you finding oz to the rest of the world? better or not? they do say it's lots like here is it? im at work again but it's all good college is going well passed my other exam too only 3 more to do. Anyway gotta go hope you are well love you lots x x x x x x x x x

Auntie Clare Hi Josh, How´s it going down under? Would love to see Sydney and the opera house. We are all ok here in Brentwood although it has been pretty hectic with Tony´s birthday party last Saturday night. Francesca drove over at 6pm (first time driving on the motorway) hoping to have some time with Tony before going to the nightclub up in Brentwood. It was a bit of a surprise to find a whole load of Greg´s friends watching the Spurs v Man U match in the front room. Poor girl! They were all a bit excited as the game was full of goals and the beers were going down far too easily! I cooked a curry and went out with Andy and left them to it. At 10pm they headed off to the nightclub and didn´t come back till 3.30. Sunday morning we had nine extra bodies for breakfast. Lovely and sunny so we were all outside even though Tony was feeling the worse for wear. Pity you weren´t in the country though but it sounds like you are having a party every day of the week. Gather you have to start working soon. Wish you luck with that. How do the beaches compare with Cornwall? Take care and stay safe. We love you lots and look forward to catching up with you. Love Clare xx

mum Well, well, well Joshua i cant believe it , finally you have done another blog good'o all sounds good to me , although i think you have taken a great leap from the last time you sat and wrote one , thats the trouble when you dont take time out to do it regularly time goes by very quickly . Anyway im sure all will be very grateful to have a read, fortunatly you managed to find your popeye arms to get back ashore after being caught in the rip, thank goodness for that i am much relieved. Getting to see the pro surf was so lucky for you it would have been such a shame to have missed such an event, however i am less impressed with all of you for clearing out without paying you are soooo naughty, dont you remember anything i taught you!!!!!!! Brillient way to get to Sydney and i must say i would love to be there to see it with you , im sure the opera house must be a fantastic sight. Really good of Nick and his girlfriend to put you up and show you the sights, and good to here that you are going to start looking for a job, those pennies must be getting pretty low by now!!. Dad has been off this week and has been errecting a new storage barn at the valley end , Phil has helped him for a few days which made it alot easier for dad as you can imagine so hip hip for Phileeeeep. Poor Ben as you are aware slipped off his bike and has had an operation on his thumb, he has had about 10 stitches an anchor fixed in place to pull his knuckle together and has to keep a half cast on for 3.5 weeks then a plastic cast for another 4 weeks. the worst part for him though is he will have to wear it to the school ball which he is mighty peeeed off about!! (shame poor lad) We have had so many phone calls for kittens honestly we could have sold hundreds and thats not an exageration, lilly is back to normal you cant tell that she has recently had a litter. Tori and nattie are doing very well with their diets both losing weight each week so hope they keep it up. Grandads computer has gone wrong so it has had to be sent away for repairs which is a shame , i do hope he does'nt forget all he has managed to learn, he has done so well. Anyway we are off to see Pete and Karens new flat they have bought down at Porthtowen it is on the main carpark side on the right over looking the beach so a good spot. Will catch up with you in the week i expect , you take care . love you lots mumxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Auntie Ann! Greetings from the college road gang! Have had a good Easter- went to Bournemouth to my folks..walk on the beach with the dogs pint in the pub and left poor chris cleaning his grandads patio!! hope he has lots of words of wisdom for you while you are away!! He drove sydney to melbourne and then across the desert to perth and of course broke down!! will wait to hear what you decide. Uncle Pete says hi..busy watching chelsea match. Lots of love.

mum Hello my sweet How are you doing ?Not much to report really other than we all had a nice time at Annibels birthday party shame Joel & all of you were'nt there to celebrate with her, Simon made some great beefburgers which were deffo the nicest i have had considering i never eat them & he did all the cooking , well he is a true Aussie after all so i guess he should really !!! Has been nice weather over the last few days which was unexpected, but of course it has'nt lasdted long as it has been raining all day today. We have just started to take down the tin barn Halleluja , it will be good to get it down. All the kittens have gone , they went all at once , it is the worst thing i have ever done, sooooo upsetting you can imagine what i was like , poor lilly she did'nt know what to do with herself plain & simple it was ruddy cruel, so i think i will let her have another litter at some stage. Anyway bit different for you to be camping as long as it stays dry thats ok, least a little cheaper, hope the competition has been good , think i should stay out of the water if i was you , those nasty great whites you cant trust them!!. Well got to get on so speak when we can , take care you here! love you lots mumxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx