London

Had a great weekend in London - met up with some Grahamstown people (stayed with Shirley Hobson and Heather Walker) and went to church at Every Nation London on Sunday morning, where I also saw Pam Morris, who I had lunch with later. Attempted some Christmas shopping, saw the Palace and Westminster, and went to Hillsong in the evening, with James' sister Mary, which was also great. Then dinner in Soho and walking around the busy city centre at night - really great time! The following day I had a Commonwealth Scholars Welcome Day in Westminster Central Hall - meeting the Commission and other scholars was good, and we had a fantastic evening reception at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Locarno Suite - which is the room where the famous (and useless) Locarno Treaty was signed in 1925, pledging peace among European countries. Then it was back to Oxford on Tuesday morning, for what will be a very busy 2 weeks ahead - got a race on Sunday and two races (at least) in the Christ Church Regatta next week - so I'll be rowing pretty much every day till then! Somewhere along the line I'm trying to do some work too!