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In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade."
1 Peter 1:3-4

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As Promised - New Zealand
Well it's been a while since I got back, but I've finally got round to uploading some photos from my time in New Zealand, with Sabs, Kate, Lem, Chalky, and Bessey (our trusty ride). There are lots of photos on flickr , but here is a quick sampler: Team Read More...
Motorcade Madness
Well Cheney 's in town, stirring up the lefties and causing traffic chaos. I saw his motorcade go past today while I was walking in the city. The motorcycle police seemed to be having a jolly-good time, angle-grinding their bikes as they skidded dangerously Read More...
Being a Church that Welcomes - Sacrificially
Ok, so it's been a while since my last post. But what with all the travelling, restarting Sunday School and then the engagement party, I've been a little busy. The Vietnam Memorial, Washington DC I've uploaded some of my favourite photos from America Read More...
New York by Numbers
118.32 - Number of hours I was in New York 24 - Cost of my best investment, a 7-day unlimited metro card 25 - Average temperate while I was in New York (in Fahrenheit) Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park 103 - The street my hostel was on 11 - Number Read More...
Ice Cubes
That's what my body has become. A shivering mess of frozen fingers and toes. I'm in Boston, and it's -15 degrees Celsius, with winds gusting up to 30mph - in other words, it's bloody cold! But no snow of course - just lots and lots of ice. Seeing as I Read More...
Sachsenhausen
We arrived by train, Graham and I, just as the prisoners would have. Sachsenhausen. It's just another town on the outskirts of Berlin, with normal people, in their normal houses, doing their normal things. But after just a short walk through the town, Read More...
Cooking with Squatters in Sevilla
It's 6pm, and I'm at my hostel in Spain. Not without a bit of trouble tho, what with the flight from Egypt being delayed until 2am, missing my connecting flight by a matter of minutes, and then getting desperately lost in the streets of Sevilla (in all Read More...
Camels and Donkeys
Let me just say, for the record, riding a camel is really uncomfortable - particularly for a guy! In Aswan, we rode camels for 1hr through the desert to St. Simon's Monastery. This monastery was actually one of the earliest Christian churches. With the Read More...
Bigger is always Better
2566 BC. That was when the first pyramids were built. Over 4 and half millennia ago. It's something that you really can't comprehend, especially as you stand underneath them. How on earth did they get all those myassive stone blocks up there! They say Read More...
Egypt is Something Else
There is really no other way to describe it. The pyramids are something else, the markets are something else and the driving is definitely something else! They are all things that you just have to see to believe. I arrived three days ago, stocked up with Read More...
The English Countryside
After all that writing, I think it's time for some more photos: Christmas Day "Linner", in Brighton Jono and Dad, in front of the White Cliffs (near Dover) The view from the Warwick Church Tower William Shakespeare's House, in Stratford-upon-Avon Read More...
Fulham vs West Ham
No trip to the UK could truly be complete without experiencing a Premier League football match. And so it was that on a freezing cold December afternoon we descended on Craven Cottage for the London derby between Fulham and West Ham. Sitting just 8 rows Read More...
Crazy Golf - London Style
And so it was, the day after the Aussies reclaimed the Ashes, the UK Walshes (who coincidentally have just decided that cricket is not a sport) decided to challenge the Aussie Walshes to a game of golf. The weather was the best it had been in a long time Read More...
I'm in Singapore
At least, for the next 30mins. This flight is a killer! Maybe I should have prepared for it by having more than 4 hours sleep last night! Maybe. And who was the smart fellow who thought "Snakes on a Plane" would make a good in-flight movie! Read More...
Round the World We Go!!!
That's right, today I depart on my round the world trip! This is the route I will be taking: I've calculated that I have about 73.5 hours flight time in total! To keep me entertained, I'm going to bring a whole bunch of books: Stay tuned to this blog. Read More...