Just spent the day in Balham today.Bought my train tickets to Stratford on Avon.Wanna see 'em?I'll add a picture.Went shopping.Tried not to buy boots.Wrote up the Battlefields Blog.Packed my case...trying to see if I can fit everything in.The jury is still out on that one.Time alone will tell.Did some washing.Watched soccer practise across the road.Heading into London tomorrow to pick up my London Pass.Then on to the first lot of attractions.I am trying t...

Some of my group from the European Discoverer bus tour are home and have been going through their photos.Here are some they have sent on.

Woke at 8am this morning to the sound of steady rain on the window pane.Up and down the street by 8.30am.I decided to eat breakfast out this morning.A lovely long sit by the window watching ( not that many ) people go past in the rain...A croissant and a very large chocolate milkshake later....Still trying to figure out what to do with my day.Sunday in London.Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park.So off on the TubeStockwellOxford CircusMarble ArchI'm getting the ...

Don't tell anyone you've bought another pair of boots.

Just so you all know, I am writing this under duress.Some insect in my room in Cardiff bit me on the wrists and hands...Probably a mosquito ...( I think it had to be an Alien mosquito! )Because I am ready to cut both arms off at the elbows.Itch....it is driving me crazy.Aura, housemate, said there is something different about the Mosquitos over here.( Aaha! I told you! Alien Mosquitos!)My wrists, fingers and hands are swollen and they itch like crazy!Kept me awak...