Leaving on a jet plane

I caught Alice leafing through a volume from her library the other day and have finally succumbed to her pleas to see the world's longest pleasure pier (Southend) and the world's largest car park (the M6), and have booked a trip to Eng-er-land from 23rd July - 18th August.


We'll be darn sarf for the first bit and oop north from 8th August and would love to see as many people as possible. Unfortunately the man of the house is unlikely to be able to join us, due to a necessity to be in Sydney scouring the bank for money to lend out, but Alice is looking to her UK debut. My usual jaunts around the country won't be possible due to the sheer quantity of kit that a small person requires, so I will in turn be scouring Leigh for the best wine bar which used to be a bank (there are very many), for people to come down to see us at for lunches.

All this is provided that the NSW Registry ever gets around to sending Alice's birth certificate so that we can get her a passport. Got to love the state government - argh.