All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey...

Wild and woolly weather is the feature of the week here. Howling gales and driving rain prevailing. 80mph winds some days.

I was working at Heathrow all week in a data centre which is not the most glamorous of places. All James Bond like with retina scans and fingerprints taken to get into the place.

I've been following England's miserable attempts at winning something internationally and must say I'm proudly wearing my Aussie badge. The mood here is that England will get thumped in the cricket - what with players coming back cos they can't take the stress and a British Lions guy also being sent home. I bet they are the laughing stock over in Oz. I was pleased to see that they managed to get over the line against South Africa though after the 2 teams spent 60 minutes bashing each other around and 10 minutes playing rugby.

What happened though with the Micks beating Oz though? I took a verbal beating over that one - had to put my England hat back on for a day.....

Christmas is 5 weeks today so I'm looking forward to seeing Pete again.

It is planned that Phillipa the doll will be filled with helium and attached to the local pub when they put up the Christmas decorations. Will keep you posted on that

As you can tell, not much happening so just a short note this week.

Hope everyone is well. Miss you all

Aussie Paul