Hi Ben, pleased that the diving went really well! We are having a busy saturday, this morning we both went to school. Mum did her work and I helped to decorate display boards. We have done the shopping and bought a new squeaky toy for Jack, which he loves! We have just been to pick blackberries as we are going to make a crumble for lunch tomorrow (roast lamb!). Nan is coming up here for lunch so we will show her your website. Mum and Dad are going to Abby Blackwells wedding evening "do" this evening. I am going to babysit Dan and Ollie. Thinking of you. Lots of love Mum and Jen xxx

Hello i have been out diving the last few days and will be completing my advansed on sunday hope your all well speak soon ben

Hello went on a night dive last night it was amazing, totally different to normal. Saw a couple more sharks and lots of rays. The bets dive yet it was 50 mins long and realy calm. off diving friday, Sat and Sunday. hope your all well.

back at work, nose to the grindstone, hard at it, well somebody got to do a honest days work !!!!!! I have sorted out bridge monies ect will be in your account tomorrow. how did your night dive go did you see any more sharks lori dyer just arrived will write later dad

Hi Ben Back in school and getting back to normal-it almost seems like a dream. Couldn't resist a quick peek at the pictures -you have worked hard to get all those on, the reef pictures are very good-I can't believe that we were in the water with that shark. The weather here is overcast and a bit rainy. The holiday club is going very well and as I write there are lots of children outside playing on a bouncy castle. Barb and Co have gone on holiday to France-Gramp took them to the airport-I think he will soon be going into business!! I will probably go to Bath tomorrow and see Jen, if I manage to get some wotk done today. Jacko has pulled a muscle in his leg, we think, and is feeling rather sorry for himself, so we are unable to take him for much of a walk yet. Harriet has done a fntastic job and I am sure he was sad to leave her, but it is great to see him. Your Dad is back at work today. We popped in to see Nan yesterday she is very well. Nick and Nick are doing up their house -I am looking forward to seeing it. Nothing else to report. Take care with the night dive. Lots of love Mum XXXX

Hello everyone how are you all? things are all good here apart from its raining I think mum and dad took the weather with the! It was great to see them and we had a fantastic time. I have updated the photos but i am sure that M&D will show you alot more.Off diving tomorrow night on a night dive which should be great fun. Speak to you all soon Ben..

Hi Ben - Have been thinking of you this morning - good to have your Mum & Dad home safe and sound - all been feeling a bit jittery here with the news. Hope it all settles down soon. You must be looking forward to seeing Jen and Joe soon - know Jen is really excited - so keep your tour guide hat handy , it wont be long!!! Sounds like you have had an amazingly adventurous time with M&D, looking forward to catching up with them.Never heard of an Oka before. Enjoying the photos but would like to see more of you. Need to know your'e looking after yourself! We have been painting at Nick & Nick's new house. It looks so much lighter already ( previous owner had rather strong taste in colours- the apple green had to go!) Aunty Mary came to visit and liked the garden - was telling Nicky how to make crab apple jelly as she has a tree in her garden!! Don't worry you're not missing much here - so carrying on having fun and keeping us amused!! Take care - lots of love from us all.

Hi Ben, just to let you know we're still thinking of you. It's good to have your Mum and Dad home safely but you are greatly missed. We had a quick look at the photos and they were lovely. We're off to France tomorrow so won't be able to check the site for a while but carry on having fun and TAKE CARE!! Lots of love from all of usXXXXX

Arrived safely in Singapore after a seven hour flight. We have just had a very welcome swim which has helped us to 'kill' a bit of time. We set off for Heathrow at 23.20 local time which is 00.20 Oz time and we should be on time and with you 6.30 GMT. our flight no is SQ322. We are going to try and phone Dad now if we can get through. Ben I hope you are having a relaxing day and are not too hung over following what I suspect woud have been a fun evening with Sam. Jen have the kettle on-see you all soon Love M and A XXXX

Hi Everyone,
We have started the long haul home-said 'Good bye' to Ben last night and we are now in Sydney airport waiting to fly to Singapore. We have limited our hand luggage to the bare minimum but so far we have been told it should be OK entering the country!!! we wait and see! We are feeling a little low this morning but soon we will be looking forward to seeing you all. Barb I hope we get chance to meet up before are off on your travels. We have told Dad that we will try and ring from Singapore when hopefully we might know of any delays. Hope everyone is well, lots to tell when we get home and Ben will be putting some great pictures for you to see. To all the s at Eand K Alan says looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday-got the vegemite! To Ben -hope you get a relaxing day-'missing you already'! To Jen and everyone else loads of love and looking forward to seeing you soon -God willing. Will probably write again from Singapore as we have at least a five hour wait Love M and A

Hello Everybody!
Great to hear from you - I've been going mad. It's all been a bit crazy at the airports - hopefully things will have calmed down by the end of the weekend. You won't be able to have any hand luggage though as that's likely to last a while. They said this morning that Australia was thinking of making it permanent - guess you'll have to put the croc in your suitcase!!
Nothing to report really but glad to hear you've had such a good time!
Take care all of you - Sainsbury's calls!!
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Hello Everyone, we are back in civilisation had a fantastic time getting to the tip of Australia. We travelled in an Oka, which is a really fun way to travel and capable of travelling over the very rough terrain and through some very deep creeks- it was really scary at times, but probably the most scary thing was breaking down miles from any where and the sat phone could not connect-luckily we were able to fix it eventually with the help of some bikers that drove up and then the next day 'golden boy' came into his own and helped Tom the driver do a permanent fix-this was a great relief to all. It has been great fun with lots of memorable events, but no pictures of food I'm afraid Barb and Nick! We are leaving Cairns today and having a last meal with Ben tonight in Sydney then leaving for Singapore tomorrow. We have seen the news about Heathrow and will make contact from there regarding getting back into the country- it could be a problem by the sound of it. So good to hear from you all loads of love M B A XXXXX