Noel Coward wrote, "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" and yesterday was a prime example; Britain came out to celebrate the hottest day of the year. One woman chose to sunbathe between a row of gridlocked cars on the M3, while 50,000 day-trippers went to Bournemouth beach (perhaps that was where the gridlock was) and when they arrived, stood for 20 minutes in the queue to buy an ice cream. The mercury soared to 33 degrees as railway lines threatened to buckle, and passengers on the Tube in London complained that the temperature recorded 45C in some of the carriages - 18C hotter than the EU allows for transporting cattle!
According to the Met Office, however, this is no heatwave. That would need the daily maximum temp. to exceed the average by 5C for five consecutive days. It did issue a warning yesterday - for rain! It's good to be back in England, even if just passing through.
Another funny story I read this morning was about the theft of some solar panels from a field on the first day they were going to earn their keep!
We flew from Dublin to Heathrow this morning, where a very helpful fellow directed us to the train, which took us from terminal 2 to terminal 4, which is international departures - for free!
Our first experience with The Tube
and inside the TrainThe airport was very warm - they just don't seem to know how to cope with warm weather. Or else the air con was broken.
It has been great to see the sun in Ireland and the locals have loved it. Saw some very pink people walking around. But from what I am hearing, it sounds like Victoria could do with some sunny weather - we'll try to bring some home with us...
We're in the airport at the moment - 7 hours to Dubai. And hopefully then, some sleep...
Now we are in Brunei
As you can see, not too crowded!
The locals call Brunei 'Venice of the East'. Perhaps that's punching above their weight...
We arrived back in Melbourne just before 5am and to our delight, after clearing security without the channel 7 cameras finding us, were surprised by Helen's 'welcome home' pat on our shoulders. What an incredible friend! Then Mark and Lyn Curtis joined us - a bit later.
Arrived back in Wangaratta before lunch to a very wet garden.
We are so thankful for the Lord's provision and protection. He has been with us the whole journey, keeping us safely in His Hands. In a troubled world, we travelled safely and on our walk, we remained healthy and fit (and didn't get lost too much). We have learnt much more about perseverance - not just the physically aspect of it, but the life of Christ's endurance. And what a precious quality of life it is. Praise the Lord!
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