skydiving!excellent. your pictures are far less embarrassing than mine!...i actively avioded rainbow valley..the idea of a giant dorm of kiwi bus people did nto appeal, especially as everyone i knew seemed to be inter-shagging!..im sure its no different to what you have come across. I hope the names for the kiwi bus are still in use, eg big green f*** bus, the f*** truck etc. Proper 18-30....lovely. nice to get away from it if you can! My brother came home from travelling today, hes been away just under 6 months. i think he is pleased 2 b home. I hope you are enjoying many a Jagga Bomb! (cant spell that can I) i did so many i now cant touch the stuff. When you get to Aus it will be the Goon!..(leathal stuff) Right back to my revision, can you tell im trying to aviod it!? Take care, and continue to have an ace time!! xxx

Whhhhyyyy are we waiitttiiinnnggg???????

They don't seem to show much in this cinema.

Where you at now scumball? I've checked facebook and hotmail and uni email, and your blog is offering nothing new to read either. Please stop enjoying yourself and go and spend a week's wages in an internet cafe please. (bought a thailand booky and have started studying......!)xxxx

Rugby. B-O-R-I-N-G.

ARGHHHH I found out what is wrong with Susan... it's sooo distressing. However, it has not been broadcast on English TV yet, so won't ruin the surprise for everyone.

I do not have your e-mail address, as in your new posh one that isn't spankadelicious. But, you wanted to know my exam results, got them Monday, 71.6. Booooossshhh.

Hope you're ok. I am increasingly jealous of you. Sooooo bored of working!

xxx

Right then ming face, what's been happening here. The French' prime minister divorced his wife and has got married again already; tv is especially bad because the writer's strike is still on and as Warl noted there are spectacular programs on - there is one where they take a really really fat person and an anorexic person and they make them swap diets for the week. It isn't the highlight of my telly week, I'll be honest. I have been enjoying 'kill it, cook it, eat it' which, frankly, does exactly what it says on the tin by doing all of the above with a live animal each week.

Ok, so these angora rabbits i) can you please go back and pick me up some fur as I'm looking to get an angora jumper, preferably in black, please. ii) if we keep shaving these rabbits til kingdom come, what will happen to natural selection? Hmmmmm? Read Dawkins much? (Intellectual reference; you probably wouldn't get it Carly).

I'm going down to London tomorrow to see some family and Carly, and then my friend from Canada (Luke - remember him from my emails?) is coming to stay on Friday. Busy busy - oh and next week I'm going to Dublin with Luke to see our other friend Mai. I have zero dollar at the moment, but don't really care as I have no mortgage and no kids so life can't be too financially restricted now, can it?

Wales won the rugby last weekend (it is the six nations at the moment). Well, I say Wales won, it's more like England lost through some second-half bad decision making and throwing away the ball. Wilkinson didn't make great decisions. The backs in the first half did some great play where they communicated well, took advantage of the space available and got some lovely tries in.

I'll keep you updated. I *love* reading your posts, please keep writing! AND LET US KNOW WHERE YOU'LL BE SO WE CAN SEND YOU POST. OK?

Hey, im glad you are enjoying yourself! could i please have your home address cause a letter has come for you from Thomas Cook, and im worried its important (it does say important information enclosed!) Can you please let me have your home address, as I seem to have misplaced it.

or if anyone else is reading this and knows katies home address can you please email it to me or send me a message on facebook with it so i can sned it to her asap.

Katie... Americas next top model started last night...was so excited, there's so many b****y fights....great tv...you would love it!

im very jealous of your travels...keep enjoying yourself.

x

So glad that you are having such a great time. Well done for doing the sky dive! I had a feeling that glow worms glowed to attract the females, a sort of phototechnic after-shave. Hilary C. is just ahead Obama in the Democratic nomination, but it's fascinatingly close. England lost the rugby against Wales having looked as if they were going to win easily! I agree your blog is great - it's the subtle use of words that gets me! Love you! xx

Katie!!! oh my god iv checked your website 2 or 3 times since you left and dindnt realise there was a message board on it!! i was like this website needs some sort of 'Wall' like Facebook so i can say hi and stuff.....lo and behold i just found it! duhh! Wow looks like your having a wicked time, isnt sky diving amazing!! best thing iv ever done for sure!! loving the blogs keep them coming. remember take care and stay safe lots of love Tim :)

Hi Mancock!! I'm absolutely loving your blog! It's like an episode of Hollyoaks or something, I get really excited when I see you've posted a new one and I sit and read them out to Ali. It's like Jackanories corner in our house and we both love your Island facts! Well I'm very impressed with your skydiving, the pics look amazing! Oh and I liked the one of the ship that had been blown inland, very dramatic! Keep us updated on the facts Mancock, I like to impress my work colleagues with them. They particularly enjoyed the glow worm info! I feel I should also thank Carly too, as I no longer have to buy my trashy magazines to get my celeb gossip. So not only am I getting a fact filled education, I'm also getting my dose of gossip! Bargain!!Had a fab night out with Jules the other night, we did lots of special needs shots in your honour! Ok must get back to work now. Well have fun and stay safe - Miss you xxx

Oh my GOD Katie, I am amazed you did it!!! You'll be scrambling to climb out of the plane and ride the wings now when you fly, never mind being scared!! I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to my skydiving bandwagon.

SSSNNNNIIIIFFFFFFFFFFF

On the more sober hobnob note, there was about one million billion tons of wood for furniture washed up on a beach in the south of england a couple of weeks ago after a ship crash (can you have a ship crash, or does that just apply to cars??) and I bet they are WELL gutted that they got crappy wood and some other people got biscuits. Unlucky! xxx