25 July 09 - 19:19Renewing Our Vows

Well, I can't believe its been so long since I have written something down in my blog.  But this seems a pretty good reason to start again.

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01 February 09 - 16:15Auschwitz

When I was about 15, I read a book called Exodus, by a man named Leon Uris.  It was a book that would have more impact on my life than any other I would read.  I didn't know much about the holocaust at the time and reading through the tales of horror that occurred really took me by unpleasant surprise.  To this day I, along with millions of others, still can't quite comeprehend what went through the minds of so many to be able to do what they did to the Jewish population of Europe.

With these thoughts still in my mind, I finally made what I suppose you would call a pilgrimage to ... (more)

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01 February 09 - 16:00Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi!

Our second Australia Day in the Mother Country was not quite as loud as our first.  The main reason being, it was too bloody cold to go out and have a barbecue. 

However, we made up for it by having some beautiful steak sandwiches complete with beetroot.  Don't worry, we still call Australia home!!

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01 February 09 - 15:57Meeting the Farquharson's

Well, it's been 14 months of emails going to and fro but we finally got to meet up with my cousin Alison and her wonderful family.  We journeyed out to Ipswich. a beautiful part of the world, and had a wonderful lunch, some maginificent conversation and the promise of another meeting in the near future.

Thank you so much for your wonderful hospitality!

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01 February 09 - 15:44What Do Dartmoor Ponies, Pirates, Stoneage Man and The Mayflower have in Common?

All of them can be found in the Devon and Cornwall part of this great nation. 

Just after Christmas we decided on having a few days down in the south west of the UK and what a great few days they were.  We headed off into Dartmoor, hoping that we would see at least one of the few thousand Dartmoor Ponies left in existence.  Well, we certainly did...and more than one!!  I can tell you, their insulation was far better than mine, because once I was out of the car for more than three minutes, my interest in Dartmoor Ponies was about as much as my interest in death by hanging.  It was bloody freezing up there!!!

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01 February 09 - 15:24Christmas

Okay, I know, I've been slack again...but, as you may have guessed, I've been slack again!!!

We had a fantastic Christmas - not that we had the snow that we really wished for, but we had Stewart and Jack up and that more than compensated for it!!  Kathy cooked up a fantastic bird again (turkey of course), but was a little upset that she couldn't rival the 10 bird roast that we had seen on TV a few nights before.  Can you imagine stuff nine birds into a tenth one?  Quite a phenomenal achievement!!

The kids had visited Santa with their respective mates and had asked for a Nintendo Wii.  Santa must not have been watching them too closely this year, because they didn't receive the coal that I thought they genuinely deserved!!

We all had a wonderful day, ate too much, ... (more)

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24 November 08 - 19:29Self Employed

For those of you who haven't heard, I have decided to start my own tuition business focussing on teaching English to primary and secondary students as well as ESL students and adults.  The benefit of online tutoring is that I can tutor anyone anywhere.  So, if you happen to know of someone who is looking for English tuition, please feel free to mention my name and the web site address  www.veryeasyguides.com .  I am currently marketing everywhere I can - on-line, letterbox dropping and community centres in the local area.  It's a daunting task but I feel that I can make a real go of it.

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10 November 08 - 10:41Guy Fawkes Night at Kenilworth Castle

Last year, after just moving over here, Kathy and I promised ourselves that this year we would head to Kenilworth Castle for the fireworks and we were so pleased we did.  Never mind the fact that is started pelting down with rain the moment the fireworks began - it didn't get any better than this: a massive display of fireworks over an old ruined medieval castle with a Queen soundtrack rocking the audience. Are you jealous yet???

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