well, only 8years after chile and Matt and I are still meeting up. Oh and i didn't get a photo of Maria who Kristal and I met in Thailand by accident (the sister of Matt, who we made friends with in Chile, we then met his sister 4 years later in Thailand, small world in scouting circles.) anyways, i went down to Swanmore on the weekend to spend some time with him and had a fantabulous weekend. it was great to get away from london and catch up with him. (and to have my own tour guide in the area who of course knew everything there was to know about the area, or not... i think i knew more about it than he did!!! ha) Being in the area did help me with my history, we toured around Winchester, an area very close to Matt, that William the Conqueror had a bit to do with, and I am teaching the Battle of Hastings at the moment, so quite fitting.
and the weekend before last one, i went to visit some new rellies in Manchester. (get this relation, my new aunty's sister's family). so, caught the train up there and had a great time. i even got in a bit of babysitting and learnt how to say duck the proper way... such a proper way that i couldn't actually understand it!!! 'is that a quack quack or a woof woof, catriona?' this was also an educational visit, as Manchester was a booming industrial town, and i am also teaching about the Industrial Revolution... maybe i should have got school to have paid for these trips.
umm, what else?? oh, my cousins sent me a lovely teddy bear for christmas that i accidently opened (as he was straight in the box, promise i didn't unwrap a christmas present early!!!), but glad i did open him as i found a great aussie proud bear. he will be fantastic for both the rugby and the cricket... c'mon aussies!!!!
no more photos are going up at the moment, internet stuffing up, so these will have to do, now bear (excuse the pun, ahh haa haa haa) with me whilst i tell you what they are...
first, me and aussie bear. yay, (thanks jen, reyna and marissa, i love him!!! and he keeps my other teddy thomas company, not that i now have 2 stuffed bears),
next photo me and matt on the river, it was pretty cold, but the pub we went into was lovely and cosy warm, especially next to the fireplace.
next, king arthur's round table. don't know how they used to meet as it is hanging on a wall, would have been hard to stand sideways, i spose that is why they were so great!!!
the beautiful Catriona in Manchester, ahhhh.
and matt, walking through the umm, something garden next to the great hall in Winchester.
that's all folks for the moment.
love youse all
deev
p.s.those of you who are in aus still, put the 23rd December in your diaries. Rodgers family annual christmas party will be that date and i will be home for it (and a few days either side of it.) i will post an invite on my blog when i get it sorted out. would love to see you there, as i probably won't have time to see many of you apart from that time! just a flying trip, mainly to spend time with my poppy who is quite sick. and then family and then well, whoever else i can squeeze in, so would love it if you could come to our shindig on the 23rd.
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