Ha I love that term - pashing.

Like I said - ignorant!  I'm sorry, it is just really hard to grasp the distances.  My Sis moved to Texas and I remember her telling me she was going to a concert in Austin.  I couldn't believe it as she had to fly there.  I was then told that the UK would fit into Texas 3 times over!  I only asked as I have  various family in Australia and my Auntie moved from Melbourne to the Gold Coast - I hadn't realised it was so big.  Thanks for the Geography lesson!

Not ignorant - there is a world-wide misconception that Australia is this tiny little Gilligan's island size country.
My dad had an agent from Georgia, US who was coming to Aust for a week with his family. There plan was to hire a car, drive from Sydney to Brisbane, meet for a day with my Dad, drive to the Great Barrier Reef, then Ayers Rock and then fly out of Melbourne.

If they didn't sleep, eat or pee, they wouldn't do it in 2 weeks! Sydney to Brisbane alone is a good 12 hour drive - 3 days if you want to do it comfortably.

And we have stretches of road where there is absolutely nothing. I sometimes have to drive to Mackay, the next city north of Rockhampton. It takes 4 hours, no stopping and travelling at 90-110km/hr-6706 the entire trip. There are no towns to drive through and nothing to see, except the occasional dead kangaroo on the side of the ride. You need to watch out for the roos - they will destroy a car if you hit one!

lol!!!

let me tell you, living at someone elses house for free is NOT free.
so much drama.
i lived over there for one year. but it was an awful situation.
i moved to 3 different families.

the first one the teenage boy my age didnt want me there, so he wouldnt speak to me. if i walked in a room he would leave.
the mother had different boyfriends, so i would be left alone a lot. they would do families outings and leave me behind.

the second family was nice, but they wanted money, 40£ per week. i didnt have that money and actually that was against the rules. only stayed there for 2 weeks. plus i was so depressed by then that the 8 year old asked me why i never smiled.

the third family was with my school teacher, she found out about my situation and invited me to her house. they were very nice at first. but the regional coordinator asked to an american boy stay there for a while until they found a new placement for him. they never did.
so it got very expensive for the couple and she started to resent me for it. her husband tried to interfere and she started getting jealous of our relationship.
he was 50 plus, but she got jealous that he would defend me. he was nice to me while she was mean.
i stayed at the last house for 7 months.

but i came back to London in 2009 and made some new memories.

I hope the new memories were happier ones.  Sorry you didn't experience the best my Country has to offer.X

Summer time - the sun's up at 4:45, and it was nearly 30C (86F)at 6:00am.

And my brother sent me a text at 5:50 - he is working up here at the moment and is coming over for the weekend. He needs me to buy clippers - the heat is getting to him so he wants me to cut his hair.

The last time I get his hair, he cried, I got into trouble, I cried.

That was 27 years ago.

I will be discussing 5:50am texts with him, however!

I can imagine that discussion will be pleasant I don't know how you cope with that level of heat. I suppose you're used to it, but for it to be that hot that early must still make you want to sit indoors all day. It also made me giggle that you managed to visit not only England, but also 2/3 other parts of the UK in just over a week. We really are a small little country!

Hahaha that was hilarious!  Thanks.

Remember those pics of Rob when he was shooting Cosmopolis and had half his head shaved?

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Well.. please don't drink too much rum before you cut your brother's hair, for his sake

i loved this look.
best one for me