Mervyn (Ginge) Church.

Sunday I drove for the first time in London… no where near the Central Zone where they charge you a Congestion Fee of 8 pounds... but through the Blackwall Tunnel to Eltham, where our old friend Ginge lives. Traffic was light and if I didn't have a navigator who shouted at me for not crossing over three fast moving lanes at one seconds notice I might have been happier... it was later agreed, by those in the know, that there is very little notice on that particular intersection so it wasn't my fault. Anyway a detour of 10 miles is nothing in the scheme of things is it??

We met Ginge 32 years ago when he and his friends drove a London Bus to Australia, it was spotted by our neighbour when parked in the Lane Cove Caravan park… and being not only lovers of most things English we were also the new owners of a Sydney Double Decker bus so David, a 9 month old Nerys and myself took off to introduce ourselves to these mad Poms. One of the lads later met and married an Aussie and they live near us in Sydney… Hello Pete and Kathy…

Ginge has been a great help to Tom and Emma with advice and help with the renovations of their bathroom and kitchen so it was good to catch up with him and his lovely lady Marie and her daughter Natalie, all of whom played a major part in the preparation of our delicious lunch. How lovely it is to be able to catch up with dear old friends like Ginge.