morning toads!!

how are you both today?

we have just been laughing our heads off at the photo of you with the reptiles, you looked bloody petrified toad boy ha ha!!

mum says take care and look after yourselves both of you and shes happy now theres not much washing and cheaper food bill!!

missing you loads and getting very jealous of your life out there,so i think you should send me over a cow boy hat so it feels like im there!!

carry on with the photography and try and get a picture of a huge spider toad so i can compare,

                 love ya lots and miss ya more

                             xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Seeing the picture of your new pet koala reminded me of this true story:

A koala is sitting in a tree smoking a joint when a little lizard walks past and looks up and says to the koala "Hey! what are you doing?"
The koala says "Smoking a joint, come up and have some."
So the little lizard climbs up and sits next to the koala and they have a few joints. After a while the little lizard says his mouth is 'dry' and is going to get a drink from the river.
The little lizard is so stoned that he leans too far over and falls into the river. A crocodile sees this and swims over to the little lizard and helps him to the side, then asks the little lizard, "What's the matter with you?"
The little lizard explains to the crocodile that he was sitting
smoking a joint with the koala in the tree, got too stoned and then fell into the river while taking a drink.
The crocodile says he has to check this out and walks into the rain forest, finds the tree where the koala is sitting finishing a joint, and he looks up and says "Hey you!"
The koala looks down and says "Faaaaarrrrk dude.... ...how much water did you drink?!!"

Koala Protection Officer (Eastern District) 

Dear Charlie,

Hello down there!

Thank you for posting more photographs. Sorry to see that you are obviously enjoying yourself. we're just jealous!

Hope you did not manage to see the Six Nations on Saturday. But Walses lost. Again. That ios good news. They have a 100% record this season. So glad for them! If you meet any Irishmen, pretend you are anything except English!

I told Tom about your doings so far. He, too, suggests that you break out the lycra. Not with the crocs, though.

We think it's about time you did some serious research on the beer and send back reports on what is and what is not to be imbibed if we ever get as far you have reached. And food? Don't you eat out there? Rumour has it that your Mum is saving a small fortune on food while you are away. Bacon consumption has plummeted!

Things are a bit quiet on the local rugby front at the moment. We have had a few blank Saturdays recently. We did play Overton a few weeks ago. We lost, but there were a number of encouraging aspects of the game. Once again, although he did not influence the outcome of the game, we had the dubious pleasure of a dodgy referee. Come back, Paddy, most is forgiven!

You know how little time Tom spends in England when he is not at university in bloomsbury. Well, he is off to Tuscany in the summer. Free. How does he do it? But it will cost me somehow. You and he have this knack of extracting your fathers' hard-earned loot.

My daughter, Caroline, is off to New Zealand for a month from early August. Where will you be at that time?

 I might get a morning in Boscombe. If I'm lucky!

Do carry on enjoying yourself while we slave away under leaden skies and driving winds. No crocs, though!

Continue having a great time. You deserve it!!!! Say hello to your mate from me.

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF.

God bless,

Jim

Dear Charlie,

Hello down there in Down Under land!

Lovely to hear from you and to see such a large number of photographs. I think you are quite right in your stance towards crocs. Keep them small and at a great distance!

On the basis of your  travels, I watched a TV programme the other evening about dangerous places to go in Australia. It seems everywhere is dangerous!

We saw a man who is an expert on snakes. He knew a great deal about them, of course, and demonstrated this in the way he handled them including some extemely dangerous types.

This man explained to his interviewer that even the most dangerous snake in Australia, apart from George Greegan, can be handled safely so long as the handler is confident and well informed about the creature. The snake expert showed that he could safely allow the snake near to him because the snake would not be interested in anything that was not food or that was lacking in movement. The man even allowed the snake's head to come close to his face, so close that he could peer closely into the snake's eyes. The interviewer cautioned the intrepid snake handler who continued to show off until the most dangerous snake in Australia bit him on the nose.

The poor man was close to panic but was able to most impressively keep calm. Fortunately, the snake had not bitten through the man's skin.

I reckon the snake died soon afterwards. 

This evening, Tim told us about some of his escapades when he visited the Geat Barrier Reef. Don't go there. Look at what has happened to Tim!

I hpe you will be able to see the Six Nations games on Saturday. They are being televised back to back by the BBC. Unfortunately, Oakmedians have cried off our game with them this weekend so I will have to watch all the internationals. Back to back. What a shame!

Mike arrived at Potty Park this evening in a company vehicle. Some dastardly person had stolen his car without telling him. Of course, we blamed you. Someone suugested that might be difficult in view of where you are. What a lame excuse. We blamed you anyway.

The players worked very hard again this evening. We all wish that more would come to join us. Come back soon!!

Anyway, do continue to enjoy yourself. Please give Mark my best wishes. (I hope it was his hat in the photographs!!)

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF.

God bless,

Jim 

G'Day Charlie (and Mark)

what a great idea this site is - nice to be able to follow your adventures - it's cold and miserable in England today  -expect it is nicer where you are.

have fun boys and make sure you don't talk to any aussies.

cheers

Mark

Hi Charlie - glad to hear you're both settling down well to your adventure down-under.  We're all looking forward to seeing your progress on the website - and well done with that too!  No doubt Chris T or Andy will do something with your contact on the club website but if there's anything you want to send me photo-wise (e.g. on rugby games you get involved with later on) with a bot of a story, I'll send it on to the local media for them perhaps to do something on "pomme lads make good down-under" or something of this nature!!  All the best for now and keep those crocs at bay - don't forget to run in zig zags if your chased by one!!  All the best for now - John E

hello little bro you rotter how you kooing down under?

hope you both are having a wicked time and had fun in the rainforest?

make sure you watch out for those pesky sharks and remember if one comes at you poke it in the eye and swim away bloody fast!!!!!!

miss you alredy and send my regards to mark too

lots and lots of love

toad girl 2 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Hello Nephew Charlie Charlie

Can't get the hang of this, all the words fell off the last message..........you bloody herbert!!!

 Hope you're having a good time, sorry to hear the weather is crap.

You're not missing much around here but then you have only been gone a few days.

 Take care of each other.....ha ha  xxx

But But boys why are you whiter now than when you left!

Just been looking at your pics, looks like you've been taking it for the team and doing your bit for charity! Its just dawned on Sarah T that your on the other side of the world, she cant get her head round it, she's holding back the tears! But its pancake day so we're off for the annual toss!  We hope you are being sensible and wearing your fanny pack (travellers top tip-keep it on at all times except when in the shower.) Have you explored the bush yet? We've heard you can get lost down there! We're off now so we'll leave you with a final thought take care of yourself and eachother!x.x.x