Australia Part Deux -Sydney

We’re back in Australia, hurrah!! Apologies for my absence-I’ve had a super busy fun week and haven’t had a moment to stop and write, so here’s a quick low down on what we’ve been up to.

We arrived, very excited, in Sydney on Wednesday and were met by a very smiley Lucy before she had to run off to work. Thursday we took the ferry from Circular Key to Manly in the sunshine. For anyone who’s not done it that’s a trip in itself as you pass the Harbour Bridge, iconic Opera House and bob along out of the impressive harbour to Manly. I couldn’t get over the fact that people get to do that as a commute each morning!! Beats London traffic on my bike!

We met my very lovely friend Ben Rockett, just after lunch and he had a surprise visitor, Mr Jumping Jack Flash. These two are pretty impressive chaps as Ben broke the World Record Cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats and back a few years ago, and Jack (who I hadn’t seen for about 5 years) had just cycled (yes CYCLED) from the UK to Australia. Think about that for a moment. That’s insane.

So the four of us had an awesome day having a lazy tour of Manly in the sunshine, swimming in the bays, drinking beer in the sun and finally a BBQ (back in BBQ Land-hurrah!) on Little Manly beach as the sun went down with a glass of wine. Picture perfect. 

So good to catch up with some old friends...rather surreal to be doing it on the other side of the world!