Ok, so I arrived back in London on Monday and am now heading leaving for Melbourne tonight. I am nothing short of being sad to go... To AJ, Charlotte (and Rob), Kirsty (and Kate & Suze) Marten and Nicole (and Paul), thanks for giving me a place to crash. Much appreciated. It goes without saying that I will return the favour whenever I can. The invitation is always open. I have had an awesome time. I really don't know where to start. I hope that I wil...

Ok, so I'm back in London as of last night... I will update this later today. cheers, Toby

What should one do when in Yorkshire? well, visit York of course. Charlotte and I drove to York (well near, we did Park & Ride) went to the Merchant Adventurers Hall (this is a great example of Tudor wattle and daub construction), despite its definite Tower of Pisa lean. Then onto The Shambles - old laneways where it is actually possible to shake hands out of your respective upper floor windows with your neighbour across the way - should the urge take y...

Ask yourself who you'd expect to see in a city the size of London when standing on The Strand in front of Charing Cross Tube station? No-one should have been the answer. Well, here I was standing there, madly texting Vicki and Barnes re a camera I wanted to buy, I look up and Nicole is right there. Admittedly, she does work just up the road, but still, it spun us out enough to mention. Anyway, I was out and about at 8.30 in the morning to see a few things...

So today I was a bit of a crazy tourist (again) - sans an I Love London T-shirt... Started out at the Tover of London. [So far I have found that either the public museums and gallerys are free, but at attractions you do have to pay for there is often a free guided tour as part of it - the Tower was no exception. Strongly suggest you tag along on a tour by the Yeoman Warders (Beefeaters - don't ask me why they are called that, 'cos they don't even know... ...