Today the boys went to the cricket club (in hideously gusty conditions) to see NLCC 1sts win and the 2nds tie. I, on the other hand, took the opportunity to go down to Oxford Street to get a dress for the wedding. After 4hrs, came up short. Very disappointing :( thankfully I still have 3 weeks to find something. Absolute highlight of my day though was catching up with Pete. It's been a couple of years since he's been home but he looked great. We had a very quic...

Spent today re-grouping at Bernie's. Lots of washing, sleeping and eating... Did a quick walk down to Dalston Kingsland for some clothes for Ganey (rain held out) and then back to Manse Road to get ready for our night out at the Noutches. Was fantastic to see Chris, Ian and Matty again (after 5 years), and in typical Greek/English fashion, they put on a feast. There were about 30 people there to watch the England v Sweden football match (thankfully England won,...

Today was a very educational day - educational in that it was a reminder of how young Australia is, and how old England is... Bernie needed to see his mum today at Southampton so we hitched a ride and were dropped off at Winchester. This was a typical English country town but with so much history. It was actually where the first King (King Alfred - whom it appears everyone was very fond of - anyone shocked that a royal is still loved after 1200 years???) was fr...

Our fine form continued today, ominously set up by the fact that I made Chris leave the house 6 tackles in in the State of Origin match. Today was a comedy of errors: Couldn't get onto the bus (turns out a max of 2 prams are allowed at any one time, unless you want to fold it up - not with a baby, nappy bag and esky all attached - say goodbye to £1.35) No lifts at either overground station, had to carry the pram and all of its 20kg in accessories up/down s...

Day of firsts for Mitch: Red double-decker bus (73) to Tottenham Court Road Strolled through Covent Garden Lunch in Trafalgar Square (no one told Mitch not to feed the pigeons!) Photo shoot outside Buckingham Palace (blocked off to pull the scaffolding down from Queen's jubilee) Zoom past Big Ben and Houses of Parliament Wandered along the Southbank (no public toilets anywhere, but did get formula!) Tube from Bank back to Angel and bus back to Stokey (lo...