London-where do I start!! Arrived here on Sunday evening-staying near Wimbledon with my cousin Duncan and his partner, Toots. They have a lovely garden at the back of their flat which is great for relaxing in. Yesterday was another very warm dry day so I decided to spend most of the day outside wandering around central London. I took the underground to Westminster then walked from Ben Ben and Westminister Abbey to St James Park where I had lunch. It was great ...

I haven't seen this castle but apparently it's in East Sussex which was the area I was in yesterday. John and Susie had to drop off some of their Shetland sheep that they sold so we went for a drive towards the coast. It was a very warm day (I've experienced 5 warm sunny days in a row-wonderful!) and instead of going for a reasonably long walk like we initially thought we would, we had a very short stroll along a country lane under the shelter of some trees then...

My journey has begun! Greetings to you all from Sunninglye Farmhouse-my aunty and uncle's place near the village of Bells Yew Green (about an hour's drive from Heathrow airport). It's a lovely day here today-the sun is shining and its around 22oC-very pleasant and so nice to be out in the fresh air after 22 hours in aeroplanes and 3+ hours in transit lounges. The flights were pretty uneventful-getting through immigration and customs at LA just so I could re-...