Cycle to Brighton

9am: Fit and raring to go outside the Castle on Bolingbroke Grove

2pm: 58 miles later at the Brighton pier. Helen is clearly less troubled by the ride than Dean and I.

Oh, jolly well done England on winning those Ashes

Definately a day for for the scrapbook to see the deciding day of the 2009 ashes series at the Oval.

Edinburgh festival

Out of the hundreds of shows on offer, we managed to get to 14 - a good run rate over 3 days. We went to comedy in pub basements, theatre in warehouses and drama in university lecture theatres. A good mixture of established names, up and comers and a festive atmosphere around the town.

The Tattoo - at the gate of the castle with a line up that included The Tongan Royal Corps of Musicians, the She Huo Cultural Act from China, Swiss Army Central Band, Top Secret Drum Corps also from Switzerland as well as representation from the Auckland Police Pipe Band amongst the masses of pipes.

Cycling around London

New Zealand Avenue and Canary Wharf:

A week with Jake

Including cricket:

1. In Edgbaston, Birmingham (day 3 of the 3rd Ashes test)

2. In the members stands with the old boys at Lords for day 1 of Middlesex v Essex

3. In Bristol for a 40 over game between Gloucestershire and Somerset

As well as the long walk to Windsor Castle:

Day tripping to Bath

And Oxford.

Happy Birthday to Lou, with love from Huia xx