Goodbye England

After arriving from Marrakesh, we spent a night in London at a friend's house, before heading back up to Cropredy to stay and, much to the eye-rolling of everyone working back home, recover. Travelling is hard work, haha.

We stayed with more of Sarah's family in Manchester, which was a nice change of scenery. Manchester was cool - literally and metaphorically, and had awesome clothes shops. We also went to Old Trafford, and checked out the cricket ground, as well as Manchester United FC. Later on in the day, prior to picking up a pastry lunch from ASDA, we headed to the site of a few 2002 Commonwealth Games stadiums, and Manchester City FC.

After catching a train back to Banbury, and then heading onto Cropredy, we spent another couple of days here, which included a spectacular Sunday Roast, and an especially chilly (freezing.. to me, at least), walk around the village. The weather here is as cold as it gets in the middle of winter - in Australia, and much to everyones amusement, I have been wrapped up several layers of clothing and/or shivering myself into oblivion.

We've since been back to Tamworth, and got to go inside Villa Park, home of Aston Villa FC - the club that every member of Sarah's family supports. We also went to the training ground, and unfortunately for Sarah, missed a majority of the players leaving. I managed to get an autograph for a friend back home, though.

By the time many people read this, I will be either on a plane, or on the way to the aiport, ready to depart back to Perth. I'm not really looking forward to the flight this time. Although, it will be nice to arrive in a familiar country, and see people I know, rather than arriving into a hazy, early morning London.

And so, comes the end of this blog, for the time being at least. I'm hopeful of travelling a little bit in the coming year, so I'm sure I'll get this back up and running eventually. I might make another post of photos that I didn't upload the first time, but if I don't, I guess this is the end for now, and I'll see you all back home.

Mark