Posting from down under on the Eve of Christmas


Greetings blog followers from a hot hot hot Christmas Eve in Sydney

The Turkey's stuffed, the wine's cooling in the fridge and Lizy and Zoe are in their last hour at work before heading over to peel potatoes and start their holidays.

Most importantly Lucy has arrived safely back in Cumbria where Des tells me she has enjoyed mulled oil and paint pies (I'll have whatever he's drinking).

The first week or so here has been fun, relaxing, hot and adventurous.  The news of snow, rain, more snow, Eurostar failure etc makes me feel both home sick and grateful to be where I am.

I spent the first few days in the Blue Mountains with my bike (separate post planned) and then headed back into town to spend a lot of Lizy's money on a new tent so we could walk the Coastal Track in the Royal National Park (another post planned - lots of pics and not too many words).

Tomorrow (Christmas Day) Lizy and I head up to Clareville to house sit Paul and Lizy's (yes another Lizy) house by the shores of Pittwater (next to the Koringai National Park and possibly one of the most beautiful places in the world) ........... rain is forecast, so the FOBigTV will come in handy for watching the Boxing Day Test match.  After that we head north to the Hunter Valley for a couple of days wine tasting before heading back into town for New Years Eve at the Opera House as Guests of Mayor Clover (dog collar wearing - woof  woof variety).

Who knows what will happen in the New Year but it's likely to involve booze, cricket, fun, sunshine and outdoors exercise .............

Happy Christmas folks and here's to a cracking 2010

The van man down under

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