Monthly Archives: September 2013
Figures for 7mm
John has painted some figures for the model railway in Australia. I brought them back from Europe and have added eyes and mouths to the painting.
They look really good, I think, so here they are. There must have been a union meeting to get them all together.
Valedictory
In the Australian school system the end of the final year occurs before the end of the final year …. Let me explain.
Nick takes his final school examinations in late November and early December. However he does not have to go to school between now and then, so the next six weeks are spent on revision, and a small number of ‘extra” tutorials/classes arranged largely through the school.
As a result of this, when school ended for this term at the end of the week, it was the last time that his year group would be together as a body. The exam.s will be attended by different groups of pupils, and the final school events in November/December are not regarded as “compulsory” attendances for students who have finished school in practical terms long ago.
So in the last week we have had Nick’s “last” day of school, and his formal dinner held to celebrate “the end” of schooling.
Here he is on those occasions:
Seen with Emma and Lachlan, with whom he has been going to school since they were all in Primary School together!
This is Nick at his Valedictory Dinner.
The rest of the journey
After the excitement of the meal at l’Enclume, all the rest of the journey through England Wales and the Netherlands was routine, I suppose.
However it was really nice to see lots of old UK friends. Here are a couple of pictures of those who came to Cark.
This picture was taken in Cartmel village, outside the suberb cheese shop/delicatessen that is there.
From there I travelled by train to Shropshire, to visit Mark, Karen and their two children.
Lovely countriside there, and I went on an excellent bike ride with Jamie, using Laura’s bike, a lovely pink-and-purple number ….
From there it was on to Cardiff, there to visit Joe and Alan, in their lovely Art Deco house, then via Kingham (the Wilkie family) and back to London, to catch up with Tim, who took this photograph:
From there it was on to Amsterdam, and the ostensible reason for the journey to Europe, the European Cardiac Society Meeting.
Actually, despite the appearance of these photographs, I did spend a very useful few days at the conference, which will significantly change several aspects of cardiac care in Penrith, NSW!