Back home, back to work . . .

Well I had a fantastic time travelling Ireland on the 6 day Shamrocker Tour with Melanie, and 33 others from around the world. The tour group consisted mainly of Aussies (most of them from Melbourne!!), some from NZ, South Africa, America, a couple from Poland and a couple from Taiwan. A great mix and we all got along brilliantly - both the tour guide and bus driver said it was the best tour group in a long time, they haven't laughed so much in years!! So ma...

Horseriding in Wales weekend 13th to 14th March, 2004 Our first stop in Wales was the Black Mountains where we dropped half of our bus off to do the horse ridding. The rest of us were taken to a small town called Hay-on-Wye which is renowned for having the most and one of the largest second hand book stores in Britain. Absolutely gorgeous place, but unfortunately not enough time there - we had lunch in a pub and ran out of time. Horseriding - YAY. We...

Oxford Day trip A nice day trip out to Oxford to see the town. There was a tour guide with our group, but unfortunately I lost them. Nevermind obviously needed time wandering by myself.

Royal Kew Gardens With a day off work, the tubes not running I decided to head over to Kew Gardens on the overland train. A quick walk from the station and I was there. Royal Kew Gardens is HUGE! Different areas and styles of planting, glasshouses (many of them), grass, trees, water and not too many people. I went on a tour of the gardens that lasted an hour and took us on a journey through a small part of the gardens, adding in the historical aspect...