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View ArticleDifficult times
It’s less than 36 hours (Thurs 14th June 9pm) and Corinne and Adam will leave us to set off on their grand trip. They have one night in Leeds, one night here at home, (we say goodbye to them on...
View ArticleTomorrow is the big day
Geoffrey has just set off to Leeds to pick up Corinne and Adam. They have just worked their last day at CCCS. Both will have finished around 5pm, and then friends will have taken them for a leaving...
View ArticleThe inevitable parting!
Well, there we were on the station platform, and then 2 minutes later the train pulled out and they were gone. They look very calm here, but I asked Corinne only a few minutes earlier if she was...
View ArticleHow mumofcoz2oz is carrying on with life!
Corinne and Adam have been gone for just over a week, and I have been fairly busy. Geoffrey and I took Sue to Derby on Tuesday, 19th June, and had a first day looking around the countryside near...
View ArticleTHE UNMITIGATED JOY OF FRIDAYS!
Corinne and Adam. Today, my son (in law, although I have come to regard him as a son), almost sang “I love Fridays”, as he surfaced to the world. Now as today is Wednesday, I had to think a short...
View ArticleA Little Bit of History
Melbourne was founded during the reign of King William IV, with the arrival of the schooner ‘Enterprize’ at a place called “Enterprise Landing” near Queen’s Bridge on Sunday, August 30, 1835. The...
View ArticleA long walk????
When arrived in Australia, and I started doing these walks with Corinne, I never really thought that much about what I was doing. But on Sunday, Corinne made a proposal to me that sounded really...
View ArticleThe Merri Creek Trail
Trundling along Tram 19, which we had caught on Elizabeth Street in the CBD, (Central Business District), we had to look for stop 40 at the terminus of the line, as we were going to walk from here...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA DAY!
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia, and it is celebrated annually on 26th January. This day marks the anniversary of the arrival of the first fleet of British ships at Sydney Cove...
View ArticleSYDNEY CLIFFS AND BEACHES
You might have read the blog about the journey back from Sydney, and the way in which the train was terminated north of Melbourne because of the fires around the city. We were in Sydney to visit...
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