Kathleen and George Hi everyone, , Our journey from Capetown to Heathrow took 12 hours ,the flight took for ever. We got back to Thundersley at 10pm, Debra.. Michael and Sam were waiting for us to arrive home, it was good to see them, they stayed for an hour then headed off home so we could all get to bed. Debra and Michael invited us to Sunday lunch...all the family had been invited too, so we could all be together for Mothers day, Michael said we were having suckling pig...Aggie asked if we had one each !!! On Sunday morning Katie and Dave arrived to our house ...early, we have missed our kids so much it was good to see them all again. We all got down to Debs at 1pm...cuddles from Hayley and Dan.... Jamie ..Kerry.. Alyss and Harvey arrived next,so good to see them all, Havey was very excited to see his Poppy... Paul had taken his family off to Disneyworld.....Paris. for a few days and would not be back until Monday,so we will see them when they return. The day went so quickly catching up with everyones news.and us telling them about our adventure ....Dinner was yummy plenty to drink and lots to eat.So today George and I have sorted all the mail, unpacked, been shopping, taxed the cars , I feel worn out !! So the holiday is over , it was a wonderful adventure, this web site is wonderful.... enabling us to keep in touch with all of you our friends and family, with out you we would not have had so many laughs, each time we went on line, it was just great to hear how you where all tuned into our holiday, we have hundreds of photos to look at, we will be looking at them in the next few weeks . We would like to say a big thank you to Shelly and Ed in New Zealand for their wonderful hospitality....Also to Pat and family who made us soooooo welcome in Australia ....We all enjoyed our time together and had lots of fun. Lots of love to all Kathleen and George (Aggie) xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

kerry hello...hello...is anyone still there?i don't believe it, I've had to wrestle jamie to the floor to finally get to the keyboard and you're on the way home!it sounds like you've had a wonderful trip,the children are excited to see you,and jamie well,i think he may even have a bath and a shave to celebrate! dont worry about the will,I've already taken the pictures from your bedroom wall and about 250 plates from the loft. see you soon lots of love kerry.

kathleen ...Mama Hi everyone our last day today, just had breakfast,the weather is wonderful..it will be 32 degs today...so we're sitting around the pool ,bought 4 new books yesterday at the V &A waterfront,we spent the all day there. A big cruise ship is in dock Silver Wind.. Sean Connery and his wife are on it. We sat at the restraunt and had lunch...then went shopping...then had dinner, Dad had 12 oysters for starters ,he said they were the best he had tasted. Then we came back as I was having my nails done, the Cape doctor ( wind) has now gone ,and every thing is calm. So the packing will be done tonight after the sun goes down 7.45pm....we have booked a cab for 6.30 am tomorrw and we will be on our way home .K.T ...dad bought you a lovely pair of designer glasses ..... guess wot fat bum sin bum sat on them, loved your dim sum message, did you see the dim sum were all shaped as animals ? Thanks Debra for sorting Simon out for us ...I knew you would do that,and the beds warming up ..thats good, the bed we have here is soooo big ,we could have let half of it out. The family that own Africa Dreams said , we were meant to come to their home and when we tell you how our paths are running the same way ...Well !!! wait till we tell you when we get back...On that note I will close luv you all see you soon Mamaxxxx Kathleen xxbook worm xx

John Almost forgot, Kathleen the pics were great. Lovely job. New camera seems to be working great. I knew something had changed when I saw the pics. I can't download them all. Is anyone else having problems like that? Only a few but still a problem. Later John

John Hi George,Trip will soon be over. Dull here. to cold for the finish to dry on my latest projects. Will have a weather break soon.To much snow and cold to fish this week. We are up to 20 rainbow trout so far so that is pretty good. E-mail me when you get home and I will send you a picture of my last project. Will talk to you soon. John

Patty Hello ,Beautiful pictures of Singapore . You and george look really good and i know you have had a wonderful time. donna is better now and she goes to the doctor today. I have been baby sitting as Tammy has to go to school in Morgantown . She will bring them over at 7 O'clock so this will be short . We have had a lot of snow the past week and they canceled school 3 days March came in like a lion so will go out like a lamb. Johnny says this is true have a safe trip home. Will talk soon. Love Patty

Debra Hi Mum & bookworm just spoke to Simon (taximan) all tuned in for saturday arrival, you should be landing at terminal 3 and he asked for you to make your way to airport information apparently there are some large red postboxes there and the driver will be waiting in that area. Is ninie an new word for nightdress??Same about the dim sum going off dave will be sooooo disappointed!!Spoke to kate earlier she's at home because of the snow we hav'nt got any bright blue sky very cold.Beds on and warming no wonder I had icicles hanging of my nose when I've slept.... didn't no it was turned off!!!!!Lots of love Debraxxx

KatieJane Baby Girl Heeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooo you two sods. mum........ breakfast, lunch and dinner I can't belieevvveee it im sssoooooooooooooo jealouse they looked so yummy in your tummy fat bum pigs bum dim sum I DO want Sum. you are having such a lovely time shopping and eating and reading and relaxing ...your gonna get it when you get home love ya............... Dad can you buy me something lovely I wont tell the others he he your beutiful baby girl (designer sunglasses would be lovely or a really nice ninie)............. mum ....fat bum na na na na I bet daddy gets me a pressie ha ha ha ha

mama and papa Dim sum fat bum !!!! Oh boy they were the best ,...Katie, I ate them for breakfast.. lunch and dinner,they were so cheap! We went for lunch one day ...a big bowl of noodle soup + 10 of those creasent dim sum that we luv so much... they were on our buffet breakfast every morning....yum yum piggies bum. So we are coming back to snow I was going to wear my Ninie, better not ay !!! Tell Dave we bought him a present dim sum and guess wot they went off, Hi Jamie glad to hear you had a great time at Nanny hairs, I bet the kids enjoyed, cant wait to see them, only two more days to go, we get home Saturday night, we are going into the water front again today, this is a Habour area in CapeTown , I'm sure if you were to go on line you could see the area, lots of nice shops and restraunts...nice S A wines, we are having a ball, Guess where papa is !!down in our room readng ,he has the reading bug, thats for sure.( isn't that good) Glad your enjoying the photos,we only put a few on the web soooooooooo you might have to stay longer than 10 mins,How is Kerry I havnt heard apeep out of her!!she out of the will now... I will do chilli dogs for you but not on sunday...it will be bread and scrape. .. Hi John ...did you see the photos yet, we bought another camara in Singapore....they were so cheap, I use both. the new one has the date on the photos so you can see if theres any difference, the weather up table mountain is windy again. the veiws at the front of our accomodation are the sea and the back is Table mountian. Time to go.. talk soon Luv to all

John Just getting ready to look at your pics. Thought I would drop a line. You will be home soon so I will talk to you then. Have a safe trip. Later John

jamie Hi mum dad great to see and hear you are all ok, fab pictures, just how long did it take you to pluck that big chicken? eveyone here are well, we can't wait for you both to get home really looking forward to seeing you ,and to hear all the adventure storys, you will have to shorthand it a bit because we can only stay for 10 mins,also just to add( chilli dogs) hint hint .our week went well in sunny spain nice weather and food , both houses are beautiful 3 large bedrooms swimming pool in the garden ,Denise has settled very well even opened a shop out there very busy ,Ken stayed out there this time and Jamie came back with us to do some work , they really have picked a good spot to live the biggest lake in spain Vinuela is 3 mins away the beach is 15 mins and sking 1.5 hours straight up the sierra nevada , only 54 kilometres but the winding mountain roads. when we left malaga it was about 15 degrees landed at gatwick -4 what a shock ,so be prepared .off to have dinner nowwill see you both very soon love you lots jamie

Katie hi ya the pictures are fantastic elephants and tigers and osteriches (cant spell it he he) right lets talk about dim sum first, give me sum dim sum fat bum want sum dim sum you lucky lucky fat bums yum yum. the picture with the tiger wowi. why didn't dad get on the ostrithingy ! Everything looks so sunny and warm not like snowy kent we had the worst day ever today blizzards the whole of kent was at a standstill I was stuck in the car for 2 hours some people were stuck for 5 hours yucky sludgy snow. It is meant to get worse tomorrow so I have cancelled the day and we are going to have a snow lock in chocolate popcorn and films he heeee. Will be seeeing you on sunday fat bums cant wait hopefully the snow will be gone by then and we can come and see the funny couple who have been all round the world.love you lots see you soon katiexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

mama Hi Debra ,glad you enjoyed the photo's...we hav'nt looked at them all yet, we dont have time!! I'm out today with Janet she is the owner of our guest house, we are going shopping. Ded could you turn our bed on please .. you only have to switch the switch on the wall, every thing else is down. The wind has died off now, the wind is named the Cape Doctor as it soooooooooooo strong it blows all the germs away. If you thought the ostrich had short legs, you should see my legs they have grown,trying to reach the ground and keep my feet on the ground, it didnt happen I had to get my fat legs and tuck them around the birds thighs, sounds familiar!!! Hi Patty , so sorry to hear about Donna ,I hope she will be OK.. I will phone you when I get home to see how she is. talk to you all soon xxxx

Debra Just finished looking at the new batch of photos WOW what a contrast between the tall city buildings of singapore and the green rocky landscape of SA they are great. I've never seen an ostritch with little legs before how long did it take for him to recover!!!!The photo of the pool and sea the glass of wine positioned perfectly thought I could pick it up and slurp it, how many lepoards did dad have to shoot to make that bedspread he must of been very busy. Everything looks wonderful enjoy the last few days, speak to you soon love Debraxx

kathleen and george Hi every one...we found an internet cafe... so we have uploaded some of our photo's, They are of Singapore and South Africa, I can't write any Captions or destirnations until I come home, as it takes to long, We have come to the Waterfront today as the wind is blowing, the sun is hot so we will shop awhile, then head of to our guest house ,which you can also see, The sunset was taken last night 28/02/05 at 7.30pm Wonderful. we are having all the photos put on CD,(350) cant wait to bore you all to death with them. lots of luv to all xxxx Hi Pat I keep meaning to tell you ....the book you bought me was great ....Jessica, it was wonderful .George has nearly finished it as well. We now have a batch of this author.. he is very popular over here...cant put them down, Kids you should see Dad every time I look at him he's reading, its great !!! He didnt want to come out this morning...to busy reading !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!