Out and About

We've got lots of pics waiting to be downloaded from our camera.... the problem is, we have one of those mega-huge memory cards that you never have to download. Anyway, we'll get around to it sooner or later, but in the meantime, here's a few pics from more of our adventures from a few months back....


Right then. This first lot are from the day Keezee had to drop Jo and her mates off at a charity run for cancer in Guildford. The girls had a lovely time and raised a few quid for a good cause. But while that was all going on, Keezee took the opportunity to try out the walking paths around nearby St Martha's Hill. The countryside around Guildford is very nice for a walk and Keezee thoroughly enjoyed his, taking a few snaps for good measure.







And next we have a few shots of one of our favourite spots to visit, Waverley Abbey, from the day we visited with Nanny Dawn. It was a hot one actually.... check out the red faces on the girls....



How's the serenity?







That was some type of WWII bomber that sailed over our heads while we were there... not sure what type, but it flew by pretty close.

The Sound of Music

These pics are a bit old - from back in May - but Lucy would be devastated if we didn't show you our adventures from the day we went into London to see The Sound of Music.

Lucy and Nana were the lucky ones with the tickets, the rest of us spent the afternoon wandering the streets looking for interesting shops (Jo), museums (Keezee) and large statues (Caiti). A good afternoon was had by all despite a gross navigational error by Keezee, as he tried to find his way back to the London Palladium Theatre for the pickup. (Let's just say, we have now seen Goodge Street tube station from every direction).



Let's start at the very beginning (a very good place to start). Here's the girls all done up like Austrian Fräuleins, getting ready to go.


We love going into London for the day, getting a good seat on the train, reading the paper and then taking a photo of it all. These are a few of our favourite things.



Nana's probably not happy we've posted this pic, because she wasn't looking at the camera.... she was looking up at Big Ben, checking we weren't going to be late.


We bumped into our old mate, the bloke on the horse again.



A typical London shot... the cab, the Union Jack and the garbage truck.


We made it to the theatre with plenty of time to spare, and were delighted to find that Australia's second favourite son (after Jack 'Ruki' Baillieu), Simon Burke, was starring as The Captain.


We walked from Waterloo, but it would have been quicker to get a cab.



Keezee dragged the girls all through the British Museum, but they kept smiling regardless.



Caiti and her big statue. For the record, after this shot she decided to scream "Rooaarr" for the rest of the afternoon - brilliant!

Cambridge: The Backs

When we were told by some locals on the 'Park and Ride' bus into Cambridge that we should see The Backs, we naturally assumed they were referring to the more intelligent players of the university rugby team. As it turns out, The Backs is the area where many of the colleges back onto the River Cam.
(Of course, if you want to see the Fronts of the colleges, take a look at our previous blog entry).

The River Cam is, as you may know, a punter's delight; what with all the betting shops and boat races. You can alternatively blow your hard-earned on taking a ride in a boat while some poor punter pushes a pole along the river bed. It all looked a bit too sedate for our kid's liking, so instead we walked a lap around the river path, over a couple of the lovely old bridges, and all the while snapped away happily away....



Poor pole-pushing punters are particulary popular


We liked this view of Kings College so much, everyone wanted to be in on the action!!!





Another bit of Kings College


Nice view of the buildings and more pole-pushers. If I'm not mistaken, that nice building there is the back of Gonville and Caius.
I may be mistaken.


A punting traffic jam


Another view of the picturesque River Cam

A Study of Cambridge

Another witty blog title means another lovely town to visit! Cambridge has certainly been one of our favourite places to visit so far. The streets are great for walking, the shopping's pretty good, and the architecture is quite spectacular. In fact we took so many photos, there were too many to post in one sitting, so we hope you enjoy these for now.


Here we are in St John's Street - lots of gorgeous colleges on this street


There's St John's for starters....


Here's the girls outside the chapel at St John's


Trinity College has a post box on the street out front




And the inside of Trinity is quite beautiful too.


We wandered past a nice college and took a look at map inside the passageway to find out we were at the legendary Gonville and Caius College... here's the map.


Lucy decided to waltz straight past the porter and through the college entrance...


....and waltzed right on through the courtyard.


This is us in Tree Court


...and here's us again in Cauis Court (it's pronounced 'keys').


As a gardener herself, Nanny Dawn admired the borders.


A wobbly moment.


Another happy couple shot (we got a grown up to take it this time).


More of the Keezees at Caius


The stone engraving on top of the passageway tells us where we are in Latin (in case we don't speak English) - it's "CAIVS"


A nice quiet and shady moment


And here's Gonville and Caius from the main street.


The girls stopped outside St Mary's Church to admire the junior orchestra. Some of the players were as young as Lucy.


The entrance to King's College is very grand....


... from whatever angle you view it.


St Catharine's College (I believe that is the correct spelling, by the way)


Corpus Christi College was closed apparently, but we still snuck a shot in.


Not sure who these people are... perhaps some American tourists.


Not much of a photo this, but notable due to the fact that we spotted Stirling Mortlock in town, when he should have been back home preparing for the big test against the All Blacks.