22nd June 2015

So, up and about as dawn came, I set out to catch up on some paperwork, before Jenny and I left to head down to Mums.

Another journey on the M25, this one taking over 5 hours to complete due to accidents and lane closures... It gave me a strong memory of when I used to do this journey every day... yuck.

Finally we made to Mums. She had just come out of hospital with knee surgery, so although she was in pain, she was in good spirits and we had a lovely evening and a nice takeaway curry... The next morning, Jen and I had our first bath in a very long time... which was so nice.

Then the journey back..., Again, another accident... this time the journey only took 3 hours.

Straight to Sports Day for Iona (Jenny's God Daughter). A dry bright and sunny day made it perfect conditions, with Iona racing in several events. Another pleasant way to spend the afternoon... I had to giggle at the parent next to me who was finishing off a whole bottle of wine!

Very well done Iona...!

21st June - Fathers Day

So, after waking up and writing the catchup blog from Bangkok. We headed down to South Croydon to have a garden party to celebrate Kates birthday, and Fathers Day.

Turning up fashionably late, we didn't realise that Kate did not know we would be there, which was a nice (or not!) surprise for her.

It was great to see Roy and the kids there, and although we were pretty spaced out from our travels, it was a great relaxing first day back in the UK, apart from the M25.

21st June 2015

Well, we landed last night... very tired and picked up the hire car to head to the farm.

Jenny's sister Fiona was there to greet us, along with Chris, Chloe and Iona... what a lovely surprise.

Waking early this morning, I have already begun on my list of  "Things to do!"..

Firstly, uploading some photos from Bangkok. We went to an Escape Room in Bangkok. You spend an hour locked in a room, and have to figure out puzzles to get out... No phones were allowed, but we took a picture afterwards.

That evening I met with the students that I had taught to dive earlier this month. They took us out to a Tapas bar, and then on to a club called Titanium...

Towards the end of the night. Mark (the aussie student) stepped up on stage and smashed some tunes out on the drums... it was great!!  

The evening finished me off with some final shots in their Ice Bar section... bloody freeeezing!!

20th June 2015

Bangkok has been fun apart from the visit to the dentist.

Last night we met up with Mark & Rob, Simon's ex Open Water students who live and work in Bangkok.  They took us to a lovely little Tapas bar and then we went on to a club with live music. Mark plays the drums and managed to wangle his way on stage and do a few numbers, he was very good.    It was an alcohol fueled night and we are both paying for it, Simon more so as he's been sick multiple times and has now passed out  ..poor ole Si. 

Our flight has just been called after an hour delay   ...so next stop  ...London :-D  

Excited to see everyone!!

13th June 2015

Not long now, which is why the updates are so few and far between..

Lots of work, packing, etc etc to do before we fly in a few days so to entertain you... here is one of my dive videos from last week..

https://vimeo.com/130295288

xx

SD