Big hello to Nick and Lisa, that have joined us from NZ in the kiwi assault on the UK (yes the Kiwi's are taking over)!!! Lisa is studying at Cranfield Uni and Nick is working at a pub while he hunts for a 'proper' job. They came down for the day last Saturday and it was nice to be around kiwi accents.

We met up at Camden Market and spent the morning checking out the stalls, then making the most of the cheap variety of food available. In the afternoon we headed to Westminster Abbey - only to find it is closed Saturday afternoons, so we went to check out Covent Garden and see a few street performers. With the sun setting, it was decided that we would shoot back to our flat for a quick bite then off to Battersea Park to see some fireworks for Guy Fawkes.

The Guy Fawkes display was probably very amazing, well at least the bits we saw were and it was at least 20 mins long. Unfortunately visability was reduced by a bit of light drizzle and it was announced that it was the 'best firework display that I never saw.'

We were amused by the lack of parking skills displayed by the motorists while we stood waiting for the display to start. One car that was at least a foot to long for the park (even if a crane had picked it up and tried to put it in), tried parallel parking, then finding that 'parking by braille' wasn't working for him, decided to park using the bulldozer technique of nudging (not so gently) the nice new mini out of the way. Considering there were at least 80 people turned round watching the lack of skills this motorist exhibited, leaving to find another park was probably a good idea.