Dark Mord, I do appreciate that you are having a fabulous time but...WAIT... i do miss you a great deal and have no one to hang around with except lee and Ben!!!! me and lee are making a film with oli you'll like it alot! WAIT... i think you'll be interested to know that i'm having a renhauds situation as i write and the hands may soon fall off. also we are not being cast out of our home now so thats good news! kate and lauren came down last weekend and we all got very drunk and i fell in a bush! WAIT.....

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Dark Mord, I do appreciate that you are having a fabulous time but...WAIT... i do miss you a great deal and have no one to hang around with except lee and Ben!!!! me and lee are making a film with oli you'll like it alot! WAIT... i think you'll be interested to know that i'm having a renhauds situation as i write and the hands may soon fall off. also we are not being cast out of our home now so thats good news! kate and lauren came down last weekend and we all got very drunk and i fell in a bush! WAIT.....

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Hey Mark,

Sorry I've not been in touch so far, although I've managed to keep track of your adventures with this comprehensive blog of yours. The trip sounds great, lovely I should say!

Sadly though you're missing out on all the fun in Manc. Mine and Andrew's birthday celebrations are coming up, and how we'll miss the sweet sound of improvisational sax at 4am. The neighbours maybe not so much.

My band played its first gig the other night too - on a boat in Hamburg on the river Elbe. There were a few minor hiccups but I think it went down well overall. Have a listen if you get a chance, think you'll like it http://www.myspace.com/helpstampoutloneliness. Hope so anyway!

When are you due back, Christmas time? Oh and you're missing out on our tiny little kitten at Keppel Road, it'll be a big crap cat by the time you get back!!

x

Hi Elain, Ian and boys!

Great to hear from you! The tan has nearly completely faded in the sub-zero temperatures of New Zealand! Nevermind...I fly to Melbourne in three days and will be in Sydney in a couple of weeks so it should start getting warmer from here on!

You'll have help my mum out with the wonders of travel blogs! Hope you are all well?! Keep in touch!

Mx

Hey Mark, photos are great and glad you are having a great time. Loving your tan mate , watch you don't lose it in the cold of NZ . Will keep checking your blog to see what your up to.

Keep on livin the dream bud, theres time for serious stuff later in life.

Take care luv The B's

Never drinking again my arse....

Hello mate, just managed to get round to reading your blog, it sounds like you're having an amazing time....i'm so jealous, especially about the bunging jumping and sky diving, i've always wanted to do something like that.

Looks like you're getting yourself a bit of a tan there, you'll be a bronzed adonis soon.

Don't know if you got my message on Facebook, but basically i'm not going travelling now, lots of reasons, but mainly because i've got a job in Paris so i'll be moving there in September. It's all very exciting apart from the learning French bit of it.

Anyway, hope you're having lots of fun, take care

xx

Hey, just read both your blogs, took up a good 20 minutes of a Monday morning!Sounds amazing I'm just a bit jealous! But not of the tinned chicken and hairy noodles! We are having a Reynard party on Friday you'll both be missed I shall have two cocktails in memory of u both (that sounds morbid but u know what I mean!) I'm looking forward to a good boogie I haven't danced in ages mainly cause I've lost two of my best dancing partners! Only got 4 more weeks of work left and 6 weeks left in england, getting very excited/nervous. Watched the orphanage this w-e, I was soo scared and jumpy, good thoughCan't wait to c all ure pics. Have an ace time in NZ u'll love it, make sure u walk up franz Josef glacier its amazing. Love and miss u both lots x x x

hello gorgeous! sounds like ur having an amazing trip! just wish i was in fiji with u u b*****! keep enjoying it! off on my own trip to the near yet distant costa brava on sat- oo how exciting! love you xxxxx

urghh!!! that is in response to bens message! we will go travelling just see if we dont!

actually we probably wont!! xxxxxxx

GET ONE TIT OUT AND KICK OFF!!!!

Hey Ben! Great to hear from you mate. I would definitely love to come to Glastonbury with you net year!! Long overdue in fact. I thik the piece you are referring to is by Terry Riley, a minimalist composer who you might hear alongside Steve Reich, Philip Glass, John Cage etc. Glad you enjoyed it!

You, well behaved and sober? Pah!

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