It was a 4-hr train ride from Edinburgh to London this morning to make sure we got there in time for some more sport. There was just time to check-in to the hotel before hoofing it out to The Valley – Charlton Athletic’s home ground for a League One football clash with Bolton Wanderers (both…

It was back into the sport today with a day at the Women’s British Open golf at St Andrews – the birthplace of golf. It was a 1.5hr picturesque train/bus ride to the course and after a wet night it was a bright sunny day, if a bit windy and cool. Even though they invented…

It was goodbye to both Geoff and Mawfa today as we headed up north while Mawfa headed back to Australia. We passed the home of Rugby on the way. First stop was Birmingham to visit Mamfa’s old boss, Martin Stockley, from his London working days in 2001-2002. Martin is project managing and building his own…

Started the day with a short walk down to the high speed rail (HS2) construction site and back past Geoff’s church before some more board games then heading to Buckingham to visit Geoff’s sister-in-law Rosemary and her husband Gary. We finished the day with dinner at The Old Thatched Inn (built in 1645), a video…

We did a 9km walk through the surrounding farms and countryside with the cows, sheep and horses. As is typical for England, it started out fine and sunny but ended up raining. Lucky we were prepared this time. I also got in the swing with the crops. We then had a lunch at the Community…