A last cup of tea at Heathrow and the long trip home.

Today we went to Bournemouth beach with its long promenade and pier. We walked though the gardens with it's stream, an aviary and a big balloon that was not going up due to the wind. Then to the forest - well they call it a forest but it os mainly heathlands!! We enjoyed Burley. A small village where mum went to school - it wasn't touristy then but now its all about witches and ponies. The local pub we had lunch in today was called the Queens Head. To g...

Today we visited the market in Christchurch. Stan couldn't help himself and had to purchase bird seed for the birds and Mum and Dave's place - even though mum said they had heaps already. Down to the Quay where we were surrounded by scavenging swans!!We enjoyed the history of the Priory and the ancient ruins.Lunch in Ye Olde George Inn was great. The place is so old - been there for 600 years!! It has underground passages to the old ruins that were used b...

Luckily our ailment was short-lived!! We caught the train to Bournemouth. Mum and Dave picked us up and took us to the village of West Moors. Mum finally has the house she has always wanted!!! After a little rest we went back to Bournemouth to see Poppa and Kevin. We went out for a little drink at Kevin's favourite venue

Up very early. Grand Final starts at 5:30am - London Time. Our fancy hotel didn't have ESPN. We had to go to the Carlsberg Bar at the Casino to see the game. We arrived, very optimistic only to sit with the drunks who had been there since yesterday. It started bad and very quickly got worse. We didn't stay till the end. That's all that needs to be said.Westminster Bridge at 7am on a Saturday morning- empty. We didn't realise how peaceful and how b...