Carlin and I went down to Winchester to visit Emma & Yoshi and together we popped over to Stonehenge. It wasn't a very spiritual experience because it was cold and a group of Korean tourists were being annoyingly attention-seeking, but as always, it was lovely to catch up C, E&Y and I took loads of photos.

Andy came over from London and we went to Audioscope07 at Carling Academy (formerly The Zodiac, formerly The Coven, formerly The Co-op Hall). It was a gig from 1.30pm - 11pm in aid of Shelter, organised by Andy's friend's friend. It was great to see some live music again though I fear things have moved on since I was going to gigs last as it was really LOUD! That or I'm old. I had a really good time. I got quite excited when a band came on that had set up no...

Back home! Met up with MLC friends in Lima then spent the following two days in bed with food poisoning. Flew home through Atlanta where I got scorched in the 38C heat because my sunblock had been confiscated at Lima Airport. Was welcomed home by a moulting, fat white cat and am now uploading photos to go with my blog entries.

I'm in Manchester, staying with Claire and Chris, friends from university. It's been wonderful seeing them again. It's my first time in this city and I love it!On Thursday we saw INXS at the Manchester Apollo, which was enormous fun and was especially meaningful for me because I'd had tickets to see them 16 years ago but wasn't able to go. We were right at the front to the side, so got some great photos.Yesterday we went window shopping (for b...

Tomoko came to visit from Japan so more sight-seeing for me, including a few more film locations - London's full of them! We saw Othello at The Globe Theatre, which was a fantastic experience. Eamonn Walker as Othello and Tim McInnerny as Iago - I was right next to the stage and sometimes centimetres away from the actors!