Wednesday 30 August 2017

China - Day 584

Back to work today. The cicadas have stopped doing their thing and we have turned off the air conditioner. YingYing has officially declared it Autumn, which lasts for four weeks apparently. Next weekend we are going to Harbin which will be significantly colder than Jinzhou and I will have to be out of my shorts and into trousers apparently

China - Day 583




Monday 28 August 2017

China - Day 582


China - Day 581

Working day. Invited to Matt's in the evening for a Fairy Gayweather v. Gregory O'Connor evening. Pre-recorded fight and we had to draw lots for which round the fight would end in favour of whom. Well it was clear to me that Gayweather would do it, he has been boxing for a while and knows how to do it. I drew Round 4 and Round 7 for Gayweather and imagine my disappointment when he won it in the sixth or seventh round. By then I was on my sixth or seventh so I didnt really care either way

Friday 25 August 2017

China - Day 579


China - Day 578

YingYing landed from Shenyang today - here she is kicking up a fuss in front of the camera


Typhoon Kato landed from the South China Sea today - here she is kicking up a storm in front of the camera .......................


Friday 18 August 2017

China - Day 572

Every morning this week at 0830 for one hour I an doing an intensive course with (supposed to be) five students. I never get the number I have planned for. This morning at 0830 I only had one student with news that three of them were going to be late. Eventually two more turned up. So I had to keep rejigging my lesson plan throughout the hour to compensate for the problem with numbers. Keeps me on my toes!!!!

Wednesday 9 August 2017

China - Day 563 - Tipton


China - Day 562 - Birmingham


China - Day 561

Waiting at Romsey station to go into Southampton on the train to meet the boys for a curry




Olivia let me play with her and her dollies afterwards                                                                                      

China - Day 560




China - Day 559


China - Day 558 - New Forest camping




China - Day 557


China - Day 556






China - Day 555 - Birmingham - Tuesday 1st August 2017


China - Day 554