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Hello everyone, its been a while since we updated the spot, but here goes nothing. Now have in our proud possession TWO items of co-owned whiteware:- a schmick washer/dryer (very flash) and a VW Polo which you will see pictures of at the bottom of this post! Tested it out over the weekend with a solid drive up to Tara's new place of work. After negotiating the multiple roundabouts that seem to feature extremely prominently in the British road system (and taking a few wrong turns...) we made it! Frankley, Birmingham! Not the most stunning place on the universe but the actual waterworks where she is based looks very new, secure and imposing, like a Spectre hideout from one of the earlier James Bond films. I'm sure, however, that it will be very welcoming to a young Antipodean lass. Also buzzed up to Derby, got lost on the way, made it to Mickleover in the wrong type of record time and spent a nice night at Jane and Ken's place before heading back down to Oxford today. Nice induction for the little beast. Other things (dot form)
- if you are building/designing a house/flat DON'T place the smoke detectors DIRECTLY over the top of the stove! (NB this led to considerable noise in the Walton St area, thankfully we did manage to turn it off after 15 mins, with the help of a tall neighbour)
- had a lovely time with Steph and Matt, up from London- managed to realise some of the untapped value of a Bod(elian) card [free entry to colleges/libraries etc] and during one of these visits even saw BONO of U2 fame. At first we thought he was an impersonator, but cross checking revealed it was him!
- also on that weekend, stirred up plenty of mud at the bottom of the Cherwell River by PUNTING! Great fun and a must on the list of all travellers to Oxford. Just don't expect to be an expert within the first five minutes...

That's about the lot, hope that everything is hunky dory and to hear from some of you soon! Will write more when things happen:) MJ

(Whoops photos of car on tomorrow!) Stay posted