A nation in mourning- AB's vs France

A late decision saw us along with flatmates Amy and Tim head across to Cardiff for the rugby. It took about 2hours on the train and we stayed with a lovely Welsh family. Amy and Tim had met their daughter while travelling through South America.




Above -Amy and Nadia take a moment to pose outside the stadium before the game. The streets were packed full of Kiwis, a black out!


Tim and I actually went to the game while the girls went out for dinner and soaked up the atmosphere outside the ground. Above - not our actual seats but a good view from halfway for those who paid the extra NZ$500.




The All Blacks intensity in the Haka was impressive, unfortunately games are not won by how hard you slap your legs when performing a Haka.

Tim and I were quite keen to have a look on the pitch, but the 7+ men in high vest orange jackets were not so.

A lovely group shot from left Amy and Tim (back), Maddy, Hayley, Clark, and Nadia (and some random who we picked up off the street).

It was a fantastic weekend one we will always remember...................for the wrong reasons.

Big news.... in Bath

Bath spa is a quant town about 2 hours train ride west from London. The town is most famously known for the Roman baths that are there. The baths are established around a natural hot spring similar to what we have in parts of the New Zealand.

However, Bath is now most famous for where I proposed to Nadia......................and she said yes....

Above- The Abbey that has stood in Bath for a few hundred years.

Yes believe it or not there is a home to the Sally Lunn bun and its in Bath from the year 1482. Who would have thought. Slightly more impressive than the home of the Jimmys mince pie in Roxburugh.

The picture above shows in the bottom foreground the Roman baths and in the background the Abbey.

I'm told that second to Venice and somewhere else I cant recall, Bath is the only place in the world to have a set of shops on a bridge- I wasnt convinced.

It was only after both Nadia and I dipped our hands in the water that we saw the huge bright yellow hazard signs saying 'do not touch the water' woops...................

The Roman Baths were very interesting. So many old things that have been round longer than our home country of NZ, you can't help but be impressed by this gigantic Roman head.

We listened to an audio throughout our tour of the Roman Baths whcih was very informative and a great history lesson!

Below is the B&B where we stayed - Great Ashley Farm. It was approximately 20 minutes out of Bath very quiet which roused memories of Forest Hill.

Above the magical spot where I proposed to Nadia.