Postcard from London #10

Gday Everyone

Sorry for the lack of updates recently... hasn't really beeen a lot to
report.

It's almost the end of the school term here which is a bit of a relief. I've
been pretty lucky of late with the schools I've been getting. I've had a few
days a private girls' school in South Hampstead which has been wonderful. If
all kids were as well behaved as the girls there, teaching would be a great
job. Anyway, I'll have a look around to see what other jobs are going and
hopefully have a change after the term break.

On the entertainment front we went to see the John Butler Trio on Thursday
night which was great. They played for over two hours and it was a really
good show. The only down side was some of the audience. There seems to be a
habit here that when an Aussie band comes over all the Aussies flock to see
it whether they know the music or not. Consequently there tends to be a high
proportion of spaccas in the crowd who aren't actually all that interested
in the band but rather just being idiots. Still, it was a really good show
with a particularly good version of Better Man.

We're off to Ireland in two weeks for a 5 day road trip which is something
we're all really looking forward to so I'll have to fill everyone in on that
when we get back. I'm not really sure where we're going apart from Dublin
but I figure someone will tell me at some point. The one thing we've
definitely got to do is do the Guinness factory.

Tomorrow night we have a wine and cheese night organised which is the first
one for quite some time.

The bad news in the papers during the week is that summer is looking like
being a disappointment here. They reckon it's gonna be wet and miserable
until the end of July. Sounds like the couple of weeks back in the Perth
winter in June could be a welcome break from the miserable weather of the
English summer. At least we'll never take Perth's weather for granted again.

It was great to see my mighty Dockers start the season with a great win over
Carlton. It's always nice to beat the Bluebloods although I did find it
really hard being over here instead of at the match. Still, if we make the
grand final this year I'll find some way to get back for it.

Well, that's about all from me for now. Hope everyone is fine back in Perth.
We're coming over in June for a couple of weeks for Dad's 60th birthday so
we'll have to catch up with everyone then. I've attached a photo of Holly
and Muz on the train from Wimbledon to Waterloo for anyone who's interested
in some of the more mundane details of our lives here.

Hoo roo
Dave