We are all feeling pretty worn out and unwell... Need this trip to come to an end so we can get a rest! So today we had a quiet morning, explored the grounds of Whiteholme and had a lovely lunch at home before we headed off for our second trip up to London, to see the other end of the city and take in a west end show. There were a series of unfortunate events as we tried to get up there: sick kids, altered train routes, one car exceeding emission rules, the other...

Today we ventured into the RAF Museum near London... One of the items on Gemma's wish list. It is a huge museum across four hangars, with more than 100 planes. The display is very well laid out, with a lot of information displayed in many different ways, so it held the interest of all parties. There was a very cool area called "aeronauts" which was an interactive exhibit based around the science of flight. It also had a hang glider you could lie on and operate, a...

In the middle of the night the fire alarm went off! It was too noisy and it made my ears burst. We had to wake up and get outside in our pjs. It was cold and rainy and busy and I was a bit scared. It took a long time to get from our room to outside. Luckily we could bring baby jaguar and Nici with us. After we could go back inside we went back in our beds and back to sleep. Daniel

Made it to the uk! Another great flight, only complaint is that there was way too much food again, not often that is Lovewells can't finish our food! I only managed an hours sleep, the others got 4, but we are holding up fine so far. Must say it was a pleasure to travel with extremely well behaved and polite kids. Had to go in a holding pattern at Heathrow, which was great as we got an aerial tour of London! Back to reality now in a very average hotel room and it...