Oxford is indeed very pretty and the spires do dream..particularly when you watch them against what are perenially grey/overcast skies - Well as long as I have been here, for most days it has been grey and overcast with the intermittent threat of a sunny day every now and then looming large. Unlike most threats I'd like this to come to bear- and I will gladly bear the consequences.

'Summer is upon us' is what you hear the moment the sun shines bright even if only just... and in a flash you watch the clouds take over and bring along with them an icy breeze. That said, as the days get longer, the walks around Abingdon beckon. The lush meadows and the wooded countryside is begging to be explored. I have even bought myself a nice set of walking shoes. That was a month ago and I have to rid them of their packaging yet.

Well, England and Tony Blair are full of promise. Labour has been re-elected for another term and the land of the Bard does not want another tragedy. What with everyone waiting with bated breath for England to be the chosen city for 2012.

Lots of people want it to be Paris...wonder why? Guess I have to find out. If I do, I will let you know.

Until then..Keep smiling and have fun all ye'