September 7 2012
Great flight from Melbourne to London via Singapore. I think I was a bit stuffed as slept for all but four hours of the Singapore/London leg. I am constantly amazed how the A380 stays up in the sky with almost 500 people on board. The plane was absolutely chockers but flight really easy. I was asleep before we left Singapore – didn’t even wake up when it took off – it is oh so quiet.
London looked fantastic as we touched down early in the morning – I could see the London Eye in the distance. Hired a great little Ford Focus at Heathrow and had an easy drive to Waterbeach, past quintessential thatched roof cottages. It is incredible that you sit and watch a couple of movies, read for a while, have a bit of a snooze and wake up on the other side of the world. However, my head didn’t keep up with being catapulted across the sky at 700 miles an hour – I am driving along in the bright English morning sunshine and I thought to myself I better be a bit careful as the Roos might be out – drhh I don’t think there are too many Roos bounding down the road past Ascot and Windsor.
Arrived in time for wonderful English morning hospitality, including buckets of good brickies tea, and bacon and eggs that only the English do so well.
Pip and Tony in the garden
It was fantastic to be back in Pip and Tony’s beautiful house and my room was sitting waiting for me. We had a great day Saturday; had a beautiful walk along the canal and drank more and more tea. It was fantastic to see Pip’s baby tortoises and the cooing of the doves on the roof was a constant reminder that I was in England. Pip and I had a fantastic walk through a wonderful green, English woodland park. The huge pile of salmon for dinner again reminded me that I was definitely in England.
Sleeping under the stars 