14th September One of the great philosophers of our time, or Gary Barlow, said something about the Greatest Day of our lives. Epic does not do it justice. Back to that later, had an epic fail the other day. There are times in your life that you know are wasted and that you will never get back, like 90% of the times that you go to Pittodrie for example. I spent quite a while looking for my USB cable for my camera before I left, only to discover that it was in the...

We Got The Bonus Point Was the chant at the end of the game against Romania in Invercargill but, believe me, most of us were just happy to get away with the win. My first experience of a Rugby World Cup game and it was not very enjoyable. People say that Scotland is the "sick man of Europe" and that it's all to do with deep fried Mars Bars and the amount of lager and whisky we all drink. Rubbish, it's all to do with supporting our nations sports teams ...

Things that go bump in the night Welcome to the first blog entry of my travels, I'll get onto what the title is about later but better fill you all in on the journey over here first. Well we learned that small infants should be banned from long haul travel although I'm not sure who it is least fair on. I mean, imagine cooping a small child up in such a confined space for 22 hours. Then imagine making that the same place that I am, ahhhh, screaming children shou...