M: This entry takes us from the farm back into London, via (for Mick at least) the scrap yard at St Mary's! Ron had been scheming a way of giving me a scenic tour through the Upper Thames Valley en route to cashing in a pick-up and trailer load of scrap at St Mary's. Each day we had risen in hope of fine weather to provide the cherry on the cake of the scenery, but that was not to be, and as Friday was our last day, the decision was that we were going rain or s...

M: Rita had generously offered us the use of her car while she was at work in Stratford today, so we gratefully accepted both the offer and some of the travel tips she suggested. The plan was to spend the day in Stratford and catch a show at the festival if possible. All in all it worked out pretty well. After dropping Rita at work, the first stop after parking with a view of the rather swollen Avon was the tourist information centre. Interestingly one of the...

A: Up at 5am to check out of Le Dauphin and walk to the Gare Centrale - Montreal Central Station- for our train at 6.40 am to Toronto, followed by a second train to London. M: Montreal station had places where you could have breakfast and a much better system than Toronto for boarding. This trip confirms my sense that train travel is the most civilised way to go - leg room, head room, nice scenery, comfortable seats... ) A: All of this went without a hitch...

M - that's Mick. Due to a bit of an emergency, Mike was unable to work with me on Thursday. I have to confess that didn't break my heart as I had an accumulation of emails that had been put on the long finger - feedback to doctoral students, a response to the review of our centre, summarising discussions with CPCO, notes of thanks to people who had assisted me earlier on in the journey, and preparation for my meeting with senior staff at the Toronto Catholic Di...

M: Mick here (I warned you - there are two of us now....): Another long delay - but Anne has been distracting me - the woman made me do it! When I last wrote I was waiting for Anne to arrive. Toronto airport after 1130 is not a joyous place, but it got a bit brighter when Anne appeared about 1230. My day had been long, but hers was longer after nineteen hours in the air and a 6 hour wait at Dallas. I'll let her describe the experience herself. It was great to ...