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We arrived home last night to pouring rain. I think we've brought the good weather back with us, as it's a beautiful day today.

For the last week of our holiday we stayed with an aunt and uncle in Hertfordshire close to where I lived before emmigrating to Australia. After the hectic pace of the previous three weeks, on the coach tour and then travelling around Europe, it was great to just slow right down and enjoy the countryside.

One of the houses in the bottom picture is the one we stayed in while we were there, so you can imagine how quiet and peaceful it was.







We managed to get a hire car from Dover, but it didn't get used as much as we expected.

We had planned to visit some of the Porter family (we were staying with my mum's brother), but as it turned out we only visited one aunt and it took us most of the afternoon to find her. Without a map or a sat nav it was hard to find a lot of places. The last time I was in England was in 1990 and it has changed a bit since then. A lot of people have moved too.

So if you're reading this blog and were wondering why we didn't visit you, we got lost and the peace and quiet of Dane End and Haltwick was just too strong. But you know where we are, and it's only twelve and a half hours to Singapore, then seven and a half to Brisbane. There's a few Porters that are well overdue to visit. We'll even pick you up from the airport.

Now we're home and reality is starting to sink in. There's a pile of bills to be paid, the bags need unpacking, Donna needs to find out what's happening at college as she starts next week, I need to order my text books for uni, and there are heaps and heaps of blogs to catch up with. I think Dave has done over thirty entries since I went away.